[8u communication] New changes for JDK 8 Update enhancement requests
Seán Coffey
sean.coffey at oracle.com
Fri Nov 4 09:46:01 UTC 2016
On 04/11/2016 09:29, Alan Bateman wrote:
> On 03/11/2016 13:42, Seán Coffey wrote:
>
>> Hearing no objections to this proposal, I'll proceed to make the
>> suggested edits to the OpenJDK 8 Updates Project page.
>>
>> For new enhancement requests in JDK 8 Updates, please use the new
>> Enhancement request template from now on.
> Sean - one things with the proposed wording is that it's not clear
> what "Enhancement" means. Is this strictly the issue type in JIRA?
> Performance fixes are good examples where they are sometimes bugs,
> sometimes enhancements. It's clear the process change is to catch
> feature changes early but not clear whether it's applicable to
> backport requests where the issue type is a coin toss.
Good point Alan. I guess best judgement is required here. A new
performance fix should be considered an Enhancement and marked as such
in JBS. On the other hand, a performance fix necessary to correct a
regression should be marked as a Bug in JBS.
We can clarify further if this proves to be an issue for the process. I
don't expect many such enhancement requests to be logged. Most fixes
coming into JDK 8 Updates now are mainly bug fixes.
regards,
Sean.
>
> -Alan.
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