JDK 7 Updates: Policy Changes

[Omair Majid]

* Andrew Hughes <gnu.andrew at redhat.com> [2015-07-07 16:28]:
> Your idea about users is nice in theory, but it doesn't seem to work
> out in practice.

Can you elaborate? It seems to me like everyone who used the OpenJDK6
bug tracker was already an OpenJDK committer. 

> How is this any different to what I proposed?

It's really not :)

> I guess my main point is that I'd rather we get updates out to users as
> soon as possible, rather than risk being stalled waiting for Oracle admins.
> If that means having a less-than-ideal setup, but one where we have
> control, than so be it.

Yes, I am wondering more about the longer term ways to improve things. I
agree that in the short term getting updates out to users is more
important. But I don't want us to simply repeat what we did for JDK 6
when JDK 8 rolls around too.

Thanks,
Omair

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