[7u-communication] OpenJDK 7u60: Scope & Milestones

[Alan Bateman]

On 19/11/2013 21:42, Dalibor Topic wrote:
> :
>
> So instead, I'd like to propose that OpenJDK 7u adopts a similarly high bar for acceptable
> changes for 7u60 from now on, to reduce the potential for undesirable divergences between
> this 7u release and JDK 8.
>
> In practice, that means marking issues you'd like to integrate into jdk7u-dev with
> the 7u60-critical-request label in the JDK Bug System, and only once the integration has
> been approved by the JDK Release Team through marking it as 7u60-critical-approved, sending an
> e-mail request to this mailing list to get the approval from one of the OpenJDK 7u Maintainers
> to push the actual changeset. Please use the Phase 2 approval request template [5] for that purpose.
>
One thing that I don't see here is any mention of forking the 7u60 
forest and leaving jdk7u-dev open for business as usual. If your 
proposal goes forward then do you see this happening in the short term?

-Alan.