[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]

On 15/03/2017 11:29 PM, dalibor topic wrote:
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> On 15.03.2017 13:18, David Holmes wrote:
>> 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?
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> I think it would be helpful if the set of such issues could be illuminated
> more closely, for example through a JIRA query. Do you happen to have one
> at hand?

I was speaking generally. I don't know how you would recognize such an 
issue in JIRA unless labelled a particular way. The question is on what 
the process should be if we do have them.

Thanks,
David

> cheers,
> dalibor topic