OpenJDK 8u and Backport Bugs

[Andrew Hughes]

On 17:50 Fri 11 Dec     , Severin Gehwolf wrote:
> On Fri, 2020-12-11 at 15:41 +0000, Andrew Hughes wrote:
> So, I'd like some feedback from others before making a decision here.
> It doesn't seem a good idea to base the decision just on what works
> best for us as maintainers.
> 
> Makes sense.
> 
> Note that it seems a departure from general updates releases
> backporting process[1]. The more differences get introduced the harder
> it is to remember what release follows which process.
> 
> """
> An OpenJDK JDK Updates Author, Committer or Reviewer requesting their
> fix in a JDK Updates repo MUST label the corresponding master/parent
> issue with jdk<release>u-fix-request (where <release> denotes the
> feature release version, e.g. jdk10u-fix-request) in the JDK Bug
> System.
> """
> 
> Note the master/parent issue phrasing.
> 
> Thanks,
> Severin
> 
> [1] https://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk-updates/approval.html
> 

Yes, I'm aware of that.

But how many people have actually had two bugs to deal with in
practice?

I can't recall seeing backport bugs created in this way ahead
of time by anyone outside Oracle. So having two bugs at all
is going to be new to most people.

I'll cc jdk-updates-dev at openjdk.java.net for more input.
-- 
Andrew :)

Senior Free Java Software Engineer
OpenJDK Package Owner
Red Hat, Inc. (http://www.redhat.com)

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