[8u-dev] Request for approval: 8055949: ByteArrayOutputStream capacity should be maximal array size permitted by VM

[Rob McKenna]

Hi Ivan,

Can you give some detail around why the test is ignored?

     -Rob

On 16/09/14 19:50, Martin Buchholz wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 11:33 AM, Ivan Gerasimov <ivan.gerasimov at oracle.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello!
>>
>> We've got a request to backport this recent fix, which helps in dealing
>> with BAOSes of large size.
>>
> Pleasantly surprised!
>
>
>> The unshuffled patch applies cleanly.
>> However I suggest to backport it without the regression test, and I have
>> two reasons for that:
>>
> It doesn't make much difference, but I would include the test in the
> backport.
>
>
>> First, it is @ignored.
>> Second, it has a mixed copyright header: with Google's name at the top and
>> Oracle's contacts at the bottom.
> Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8055949
>> Change: http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk9/jdk9/jdk/raw-rev/1522c5bb84df
>> Review: http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/core-libs-dev/2014-
>> August/028334.html
>>
>> Would you please approve this backport?
>>
> I support this request.
>
>
>> Sincerely yours,
>> Ivan
>>