Should back-ports cc the mailing lists for the area? (was Re: [7u8] Request for approval: 7113017: Use POSIX compliant include file headers in sun/awt/medialib/mlib_types.h)

[Alan Bateman]

Phil's comment about the back-port only being discussed on jdk7u-dev is 
probably worth further discussion.

One thing about jdk7u is that the barrier to get changes in is very low. 
On one hand this is is wonderful as it means we can get fixes into jdk7u 
in a timely manner and also keep the code mostly in sync with jdk8. On 
the other hand it allows changes to go into jdk7u before they have been 
tested or had any real usage in jdk8. I can point to several fixes in 
jdk8 that had side effects that only came to light after a few weeks. 
One would hope that if something creeps into jdk7u that it would be 
found in a timely manner, it's just that sometimes (not always) it is 
better to wait a bit before rushing a change into jdk7u.

I think Phil's suggestion is that back-port requests should cc the 
mailing list for the area. That would at least allow the original author 
and reviewers a chance to jump in if they wish. I think this suggestion 
make sense as it improves the chances of the "domain experts" seeing it.

-Alan.