[7u communication] 7u10 release has entered phase2 approval mode

[Andrew Hughes]

----- Original Message -----
> 
> With the creation of the 7u10 stabilization forests due very shortly,
> all future fixes for 7u10 need to be integrated into the
> stabilization
> forest using the phase2 approval template. The stabilization forests
> are
> not yet live since Release Engineering team perform PIT
> (Pre-Integration
> Testing) with jdk7u-dev sources taken 1 week before planned
> promotion.
> This process may not be very clear in the 7u10 schedule[1] and I'll
> work
> on getting that corrected for next update release.
> 
> The 7u10-b08 build should occur very shortly. Then, the master forest
> will be tagged. And finally, the 7u10 stabilization forest will be
> created.
> 
> Any pending approval requests for 7u10 need to follow the phase 2
> process[2] and will require extra reviews and justification.
> 
> The jdk7u-dev forest will continue to take fixes for 7u12.
> 
> regards,
> Sean.
> 
> [1] http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk7u/releases/7u10.html
> [2] http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk7u/phase2/phase2-process.html
> 

Any ETA on when the 7u10 forest will appear?

Thanks,
-- 
Andrew :)

Free Java Software Engineer
Red Hat, Inc. (http://www.redhat.com)

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