[8u] RFA (S) 8059677: Thread.getName() instantiates Strings

[Aleksey Shipilev]

On 02/02/2016 04:39 PM, Seán Coffey wrote:
> On 02/02/2016 12:20, Aleksey Shipilev wrote:
>> Thank you, pushed to jdk8-dev:
>>    https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8148842
>>    http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8u/jdk8u-dev/hotspot/rev/efe013052465
>>    http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8u/jdk8u-dev/jdk/rev/2cdb8c0719ad
>>
>> But, did I push it right? It got "Fix Versions: 8u82", while I expected
>> 8u76. Have we forked 8u76 already?
> Correct. RDP2 happened at the end of January. See :
> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk8u-dev/2016-January/004762.html

Ah, missed that one. Oh well.

> If you've a strong request for 8u76 inclusion, then you can follow the
> post RDP2 request process to propose it.

No, I don't have a strong case for 8u76.

Thanks,
-Aleksey