[7u communication] Plans for delivery of critical 7u fixes into CPU releases

[Mario Torre]

2013/10/17 Dalibor Topic <dalibor.topic at oracle.com>:
> On 10/17/13 4:29 PM, Andrew wrote:
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> On 10/15/13 8:50 PM, Andrew Hughes wrote:
>>>> What is the benefit to "OpenJDK 7u Authors, Committers and Reviewers" of
>>>> using our valuable time
>>>> to do this?
>>>
>>> "inclusion into a CPU release before 7u60" "for" "critical fixes" "approved
>>> by the Oracle JDK 7u CPU Release Team".
>>>
>>
>> But you've just said there still isn't going to be OpenJDK CPU releases...
>>
> The Oracle JDK 7u CPU Release Team approves (or rejects) fixes for Oracle JDK 7u
> CPU Releases.

I'm not sure I understand why this is relevant for OpenJDK at all then.

> Applicable changes are bulk integrated into OpenJDK 7u once an Oracle JDK 7u CPU
> has been released, as was the case two days ago for 7u45.

If people want to commit a [security related] patch they can already
do so in OpenJDK (following the usual standard procedure).

So what exactly changed? Just an easier way for people to send patches
to Oracle for inclusion into the closed JDK?

Cheers,
Mario
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