No 7u3 on hg.openjdk.java.net

[Dalibor Topic]

On 2/23/12 11:26 AM, Florian Weimer wrote:
> * Dalibor Topic:
> 
>> On 2/18/12 4:50 PM, Florian Weimer wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I can't find 7u3 on hg.openjdk.java.net.  
>>
>> Since the critical patch updates can not be developed in the open, we don't publish a
>> mercurial tree for them. Instead, the fixes get integrated into the current jdk7u forest
>> after they release goes GA.
> 
> Ah, this is great to know, thanks!
> 
> I thought that they would land in jdk7u-dev first.  (I used the 7118283
> change to check this.)  jdk7u wasn't on my radar screen.

Edvard explained how the different forests work here:
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk7u-dev/2012-February/001971.html

-> CPUs get merged into jdk7u.
 
> Will there be a release of the jdk7u branch soonish, or should I just
> grab the tip and use that?

I'd suggest just grabbing the tip - we're about to create a stabilization forest for 7u4
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk7u-dev/2012-February/001917.html so you should 
track that instead, when it appears.

> I suppose that jdk7u4 will eventually be merged into jd7u, so that there
> is a way forward.

One way to visualize the 7u development forests is to think of a cactus with a couple of 
arms on a hot day in the desert. As the trunk grows, which here corresponds to jdk7u-dev & jdk7u 
forests, where jdk7u is the less thorny side of jdk7u-dev. Every now and then a new arm pops out 
(the stabilization forests for a release). So jdk7u is up til now where 7u4 lives - as soon 
as another arm pops out for 7u4, it will live in its own forest to stabilize, while the trunk
continues to grow at its usual pace towards 7u6.

cheers,
dalibor topic

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