[7u communication] Schedule and release renumbering update

[Seán Coffey]

Jeroen,

Does cloning from a mercurial tag work for you ?
e.g : hg clone -r jdk7u21-b12 
http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7u/jdk7u-dev/jdk jdk.7u21-b12

I don't work with tags too often but I would have thought that should work.

regards,
Sean.

On 19/04/2013 09:09, Jeroen Frijters wrote:
> Hi Seán,
>
> I know I've asked before, but can we *please* get source bundles published for security releases?
>
> I know that the code is in Mercurial, but it's just not the same.
>
> Regards,
> Jeroen
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: jdk7u-dev-bounces at openjdk.java.net [mailto:jdk7u-dev-
>> bounces at openjdk.java.net] On Behalf Of Seán Coffey
>> Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2013 19:25
>> To: jdk7u-dev at openjdk.java.net
>> Subject: [7u communication] Schedule and release renumbering update
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> In line with the updates for JDK 8 [0], here's a proposed update of
>> plans for the next release of the JDK 7 Updates Project.
>>
>> Here at Oracle we've been very busy accelerating the development and
>> release of security fixes and new security features to address issues
>> with Java in web browsers.
>>
>> With the recent JDK 7u21 security release [1], we need to examine the
>> impact on the schedule [2] for the next JDK 7 Updates release.
>>
>> For past releases developed within this Project, like 7u4, our approach
>> to schedule them has been to put them a few months apart from Oracle
>> Java SE Critical Patch Updates [3] in order to minimize the number of
>> concurrent code lines, and the related synchronization and
>> administrative efforts.
>>
>> Looking at the the next scheduled dates for Oracle Java SE Critical
>> Patch Updates [3], the next opportunity that fits that description is in
>> August.
>>
>> Therefore, I would like to open the following proposal for discussion:
>>
>>     * The next release of this Project will be in August
>>     * Stabilization forests for that release will not be created this
>>       month
>>
>> Meanwhile, please continue to deliver fixes to jdk7u-dev.
>>
>> In addition, as announced earlier [4], we need to adjust the version
>> numbers of future releases.
>>
>> In order to avoid going through the effort of renumbering releases again
>> at some point in the future, which involves adjustments to bug database
>> records, Mercurial repositories, and a number of other administrative
>> tasks, I'd like to open the following proposal for
>> discussion:
>>
>>     * The next release of this Project will be called 7u40
>>     * Starting with the next release, JDK 7 Update release numbers will
>>       be multiples of 20, in order to leave ample room for other kinds
>>       of releases should the need arise.
>>
>> Both proposals are open for discussion for one week until Thursday,
>> April 25th.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Sean.
>>
>> [0]
>> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk8-dev/2013-
>> April/002336.html[0]
>> [1]
>> http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html[1]
>> [2] http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk7u/releases/7u14.html[2]
>> [3] http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/alerts-
>> 086861.html[3]
>> [4]
>> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk7u-dev/2013-
>> February/005725.html[4]