[External] : Re: Switch jdk7u development to Git/Skara

[erik.joelsson at oracle.com]

Hello Andrew,

Thanks for your reply. Yes, we can certainly perform the consolidation 
next week. I'm proposing we start on Monday. I've filed this issue to 
track the work:

https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/SKARA-1268

/Erik

On 2021-12-03 05:50, Andrew Brygin wrote:
> Hello Erik,
>
>  I apologize for the really delayed response.
>
>  It seems to be natural to follow the jdk8u migration
>  schedule, as it is the main source of changes for jdk7u.
>  So, a coordinated migration to consolidated Mercurial
>  repositories seems to be most convenient approach.
>
>  As jdk7u has (to put it mildly) a bit less active development,
>  we seems to have more freedom regarding the migration schedule.
>
>  So, a two-step  migration to the consolidated Mercurial repo
>  in December, and move to the Git repo in February seems to be
>  acceptable schedule.
>
>  As I can see, the consolidated prototype [1] already contains
>  all changes for the jdk7u forest, and corresponds to the jdk8u
>  consolidated repo in the common part of the history.
>
>  From your perspective, is it feasible to migrate to the consolidated
>  Mercurial repository during the next week of December (12/06 - 12/12)?
>
> Thanks,
> Andrew
>
> [1] http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7u/consol-proto
>
> On 13.10.2021 00:51, erik.joelsson at oracle.com wrote:
>> Hello jdk7u maintainers,
>>
>> I would like to raise the subject of potentially moving jdk7u 
>> development over to Github/Skara at some point in the future. 
>> Currently the only 2 projects still on hg.openjdk.java.net are jdk7u 
>> and jdk8u, and we are currently in the process of figuring out the 
>> migration path for jdk8u [1]. If the current plan holds, then in 
>> April 2022, jdk7u will be the only project left. I don't know how 
>> long jdk7u will stay active, but even if it's for a limited time, the 
>> move would be greatly appreciated from an infrastructure support 
>> point of view.
>>
>> The move for 7u is similar to 8u and a bit trickier than the previous 
>> move of 11u. We first need to consolidate the Mercurial repositories 
>> into one, like we did for 10. I have already produced a prototype 
>> conversion, both of a consolidated HG repo [2] and then also to 
>> Github [3]. In the jdk8u plan, we are aiming for a separate forest 
>> consolidation step in November, followed by a two step move to Git in 
>> February and April respectively. We can do the same thing for 7u, or 
>> we can do it all in one step. Note that the consolidation is the step 
>> that has the most potential for down time. I would recommend planning 
>> for a full week just in case something goes wrong, though expected 
>> time is more likely around 1-2 days.
>>
>> I would like to hear from the maintainers of jdk7u what your 
>> preferred strategy would be and what timelines would potentially work 
>> for you.
>>
>> /Erik
>>
>> [1] 
>> https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk8u-dev/2021-October/014316.html
>> [2] http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7u/consol-proto/
>> [3] 
>> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://github.com/openjdk/jdk7u__;!!ACWV5N9M2RV99hQ!b9Cv3fH8xq09ZFbQ0dV3VbNjuXsgjrLQ7rH0H9YTn2nT-ypODgssk9vCgLrmprzi_l4$ 
>