This (and other) bug updates are incorrect.

[Andrew John Hughes]

On 25/04/2019 19:13, Daniel D. Daugherty wrote:

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>>>
>>
>> Sorry Aleksey. Version value '8' historically means JDK8-GA. It should
>> only used used for bugs that reproduce with JDK8-GA. If the OpenJDK8u
>> project wants to add an '8u' that means some version after JDK8-GA, then
>> that is fine.
>>
>> Dan
> 

It would seem to make more sense to designate those that are known to
reproduce specifically on OpenJDK 8 GA with a new label '8-ga' rather
than creating a distinction between '8' and '8u' which is far from obvious.

To me, it makes more sense to use Affects to specify the major versions
the issue is applicable to, and use the 'Introduced in Version' &
'Introduced in Build' fields to specify exact information about where
the issue was reproduced. Affects is then a useful source of information
as to whether an issue needs to be backported or not.

How is Affects used for issues that occur before GA?

> Another way to think about is this:
> 
> We're having this conversation on the jdk8u-dev at openjdk.java.net alias.
> We are not having this conversation on the jdk8-dev at openjdk.java.net alias.
> 
> Why? Because the OpenJDK8 project is done. We now have an OpenJDK8u
> project...
> 
> There are a few examples of emails that come in on
> jdk8-dev at openjdk.java.net
> where we redirect the folks to jdk8u-dev at openjdk.java.net because the
> OpenJDK8 project is done.
> 

Which suggests that the existence of both is a continuing source of
confusion.

> Dan
> 

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