[8u] Request for enhancement backport approval for CR JDK-8171194: Exception "Duplicate field name&signature in class file" should report the name and signature of the field

[David Holmes]

Hi Sean,

On 15/03/2017 10:01 PM, Seán Coffey wrote:
> David,
>
> I think Shafi should iron out his plans for JDK 9 inclusion before
> getting to a JDK 8u request then. We need to start looking at plans
> around how JDK 9 fixes occur post JDK 9 GA. JDK 9 RFEs are still
> possible via an approved process but I'm aware that JDK 9 will start to
> close down on contributions given that GA is approaching.

There may be numerous issues (not just RFE's) that miss the cutoff for 9 
but which are worth backporting to 8u. Are you saying there is no way 
for these to get into 8u unless they go through the currently 
non-existent 9u first?

JDK 9 is effectively closed in this case because it is both a RFE and 
low-priority. It would not get through the approval process nor does it 
warrant even attempting to do so. The general 8u backport process 
requires pushing to the "current release" first - but that is not 
possible at this stage of the 9 release. So pushing to 10 is the only 
alternative and then backport to 8u from there. Once 9u exists then it 
can be backported to there as well.

Thanks,
David
-----

> Regards,
> Sean.
>
> On 15/03/17 10:07, David Holmes wrote:
>> Hi Sean,
>>
>> On 15/03/2017 7:32 PM, Seán Coffey wrote:
>>> Hi Shafi,
>>>
>>> Your request has been logged and I'll update you once a decision has
>>> been reached.
>>>
>>> If this was for porting, you should have pushed the original change to
>>> jdk9 and not jdk10. This has already been widely communicated on the
>>> jdk10 OpenJDK mailing list.
>>
>> I assume you are referring to:
>>
>> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk10-dev/2017-March/000105.html
>>
>> But 9 is closed for RFEs so that is not a possible workflow here.
>>
>> David
>> -----
>>
>>> regards,
>>> Sean.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 15/03/2017 05:01, Shafi Ahmad wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> May I get the approval of enhancement backport of 'JDK-8171194:
>>>> Exception "Duplicate field name&signature in class file" should report
>>>> the name and signature of the field' to jdk8u-dev.
>>>>
>>>> Jdk10 bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8171194
>>>>
>>>> "java.lang.ClassFormatError: Duplicate field name&signature in class
>>>> file CampaignClient"
>>>>
>>>>  From the above Exception message, there is no easy way of knowing
>>>> what is triggering the problem.
>>>> If the class in question is quite big so removing code by trial and
>>>> error is very time consuming.
>>>>
>>>> With field name + signature, pinpointing the actual problematic code
>>>> will be easy and time saving.
>>>>
>>>> I have tested it with the jprt and jtreg tests.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Shafi
>>>>
>>>
>