[8u communication] JDK 8 Updates porting process

[Philip Race]

Could we use 9-bp instead of 9-pool ?
9-bp strikes a bit more urgency without identifying a release.

X-pool has traditionally been the Sargasso Sea of releases

-phil.

On 3/25/17, 3:20 AM, Seán Coffey wrote:
> With JDK 9 now entering the RDP2 phase, the bar for getting fixes into 
> that release is high. A current requirement for JDK 8u fixes is 
> ensuring that the changes are integrated into later JDK release 
> families first [Rule 1, [1]]. If jdk8u ports are being blocked because 
> of this, please let the JDK 8 Update Project maintainers know.
>
> While we wait for the JDK 9 Updates Project to form, I'd like to 
> propose that we allow ports from JDK 10 into JDK 8 Updates where 
> needed. We can open a '9-pool' record to track the JDK 9 port. I'll 
> make the proposed change to the JDK 8 Updates rules next Friday if no 
> objections are heard.
>
> [1] http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk8u/groundrules.html
>