[7u12] Request for approval for CR 8000999: backport of JSR 292 to 7u

[Dalibor Topic]

On 10/20/12 10:20 AM, John Coomes wrote:
> Christian Thalinger (christian.thalinger at oracle.com) wrote:
>>
>> On Oct 19, 2012, at 11:26 AM, Christian Thalinger <christian.thalinger at oracle.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On Oct 18, 2012, at 6:48 PM, Seán Coffey <sean.coffey at oracle.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Christian,
>>>>
>>>> It is quite a big code change for 7u, one worthy of more testing before integration perhaps. Doesn't this code introduce new dependencies on the VM code ?  How are changes progressing for that ? Does hsx24 need to be in jdk7u-dev first ?
>>>
>>> hsx24 already has the changes that are required for the new JSR 292 implementation.  In other words:  the JDK changes are required otherwise jdk7u doesn't work when hsx24 is integrated.
> 
> To clarify a bit:  the integration of hotspot hs24 and Christian's jdk
> changes have to be done simultaneously.  They are interdependent, and
> jsr292 functionality will not work unless both hotspot and the jdk are
> matched.
> 
> Binaries for PIT (pre-integration testing) are being built as I write
> this.  Once the builds are done, we'll submit a bulk integration
> request for both hs24 and these jdk changes.

Thanks for the clarifications and additional information, John & Christian. 
That makes sense.

cheers,
dalibor topic

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