Merge ppc port into jdk7u-dev

[Lindenmaier, Goetz]

Is there a way to mark the bugs fixed in Jira by hand?
Would that help?

Best regards,
  Goetz

> -----Original Message-----
> From: jdk7u-dev [mailto:jdk7u-dev-bounces at openjdk.java.net] On Behalf
> Of Lindenmaier, Goetz
> Sent: Freitag, 22. Juli 2016 11:11
> To: Andrew Haley <aph at redhat.com>; Andrew Hughes
> <gnu.andrew at redhat.com>
> Cc: jdk7u-dev at openjdk.java.net
> Subject: RE: Merge ppc port into jdk7u-dev
> 
> Hmm, I don't feel like taking the changes in ppc-aix-port/jdk7u apart,
> and re-assembling them in jdk7u/jdk7u.
> Bugs and porting efforts (like porting to LE) are mixed.
> 
> I would either do a hg pull from ppc-aix-port/jdk7u to jdk7u/jdk7u
> or plain diff / patch / hg commit.
> 
> Also, I can not pull subsequent patches without pulling the changes below.
> 
> Best regards,
>   Goetz.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Andrew Haley [mailto:aph at redhat.com]
> > Sent: Freitag, 22. Juli 2016 11:00
> > To: Lindenmaier, Goetz <goetz.lindenmaier at sap.com>; Andrew Hughes
> > <gnu.andrew at redhat.com>
> > Cc: jdk7u-dev at openjdk.java.net
> > Subject: Re: Merge ppc port into jdk7u-dev
> >
> > On 22/07/16 09:35, Lindenmaier, Goetz wrote:
> > > Hmm, I would not consider the original port broken, it's what we used
> > > productive for several years before.
> > > Sure the code that exists now has some issues fixed (7 I think), but that's
> > only
> > > the normal continuous bugfixing you have in any product.
> >
> > OK, so this is what must happen.  The port itself comes in as a clean
> > patch which builds and runs.  Subsequent patches come in on top of
> > that.  I hope that will suit everyone.
> >
> > Andrew.