[7u communication] Changes to JDK 7u10 plans

[Henri Gomez]

>> If you have questions or concerns, please share them on the jdk7u-dev
>> mailing list.
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>> cheers,
>> dalibor topic
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> So, as I understand it,
>
> * There won't be a new non-security update release until u12 (March-April 2013?)
> * There'll be proprietary Oracle binaries called 7u10 but no OpenJDK equivalent
> * The October and February security CPUs will be added to the main 7u tree.
>
> Are there any plans for OpenJDK security releases?  We're obviously going to have to
> do security releases before then, and can by patching our own IcedTea trees.  If we
> were using 7u directly, it's not clear what we would base those on, as we don't want
> to pull in partial development on 7u12.

+1 with Andrew here.

What about security fixes in OpenJDK 7 ?

One of the strength of community packages is we could deliver in
continuous ready to use packages, including security fixes.

More lights are more than expected on this sensible subject.