JEP 175: Integrate PowerPC/AIX Port into JDK 8

[Volker Simonis]

On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 8:11 PM, Phil Race <philip.race at oracle.com> wrote:

> As previously discussed on porters-dev the current target is not the first
>> JDK 8 release but rather the first non-security update (i.e. something
>> like
>> JDK 8u2)
>>
>
> Given the scale and timing, isn't JDK 9 a more appropriate target ?
> The goal of a JDK 8 update 2, *should* be stabilisation, and this sounds
> rather the opposite.
> It also introduces logistic issues like ramping up infrastructure which in
> my experience
> can't solved all that quickly.
>
>
Well, the MacOS X port made it into 7u4 and we're of course keen to do it
better:)

What do you mean with "ramping up infrastructure":
 - hardware resources (like test/build infrastructure)?
 - human resources within Oracle?
 - human resources within IBM/SAP?

I think we have most of these allocated (except the Oracle part which I can
not speak about:)


-phil.
>
>
> On 2/1/2013 5:57 AM, Volker Simonis wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 12:15 PM, David Holmes <david.holmes at oracle.com>**
>> wrote:
>>
>>  On 1/02/2013 8:11 PM, mark.reinhold at oracle.com wrote:
>>>
>>>  Posted: http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/****175<http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/**175>
>>>> <http://openjdk.java.net/**jeps/175 <http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/175>>
>>>>
>>>>  I'm forced to send this to porters-dev but I do not subscribe to that
>>> list
>>> (so it will probably get held up).
>>>
>>> Given the way the JEP tasks have been split it would seem much more
>>> appropriate to me for discussions to occur on hotspot-dev and
>>> core-libs-dev
>>> as this, as the JEP says, is about the integration effort not the porting
>>> effort.
>>>
>>>  Yes, I agree. I just wanted to wait until the JEP was published before
>> posting it to the appropriate lists
>>
>>
>>  That said this is also relevant to jdk8-dev, also cc'd, as it affects all
>>> JDK 8 development. I have trouble seeing how such a large effort can be
>>> assimilated within the timeframes of the Java 8 schedule.
>>>
>>>
>>>  As previously discussed on porters-dev the current target is not the
>> first
>> JDK 8 release but rather the first non-security update (i.e. something
>> like
>> JDK 8u2)
>>
>> Regards,
>> Volker
>>
>> David
>>
>>>   - Mark
>>>
>>
>