[gnu.andrew at redhat.com: Re: OpenJDK 8u and Backport Bugs]

[Andrew Haley]

On 12/22/20 2:50 AM, Andrew Hughes wrote:
> It is honestly getting a little tiresome to have it raised in
> otherwise unrelated discussions as if it is the solution to every
> problem. It also rather undermines the idea that 8u & 11u should
> follow the same process, if it is being suggested that 11u move to a
> different version control system.

It should, as long as the overheads of the shift don't dominate.
The Skara process, and Github itself, are vastly better than what
they replaced. Unless we move we'll seriously restrict the
developers prepared to do backporting, too.

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