[7u60] Request for approval: JDK-8039097 Some tests fail with NPE since 7u60 b12

[Petr Pchelko]

Hello, Sean.

> I don't see a review link for this regression and the bug is marked confidential. Can you share a short update on the root cause and what caused it ? It looks like a few swing tests caught the regression. 
We've changed the event delivery for desktop properties from synchronous to asynchronous, but apparently some of the Swing components were not ready to handle this change, so that fix was partially
reverted and the original bug was addressed in a different way.

> Please update the master bug record with a suitable "noreg-*" label.
Done.

With best regards. Petr.

On 08.04.2014, at 12:48, Seán Coffey <sean.coffey at oracle.com> wrote:

> Petr,
> 
> I don't see a review link for this regression and the bug is marked confidential. Can you share a short update on the root cause and what caused it ? It looks like a few swing tests caught the regression. Please update the master bug record with a suitable "noreg-*" label.
> 
> Approved for jdk7u60. As per process, please push to jdk7u-dev and Rob can import the change to the stabilization forest.
> 
> regards,
> Sean.
> 
> On 08/04/2014 08:34, Petr Pchelko wrote:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> This is a request for approval to push the fix into the 7u60 repository
>> 
>> The bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8039097
>> The fix: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~pchelko/webrev_tk/
>> 
>> The fix was approved by the 7u60 release team.
>> 
>> Thank you.
>> With best regards. Petr.
>