jdk8u252-b02 missing jdk8u242-b08 fixes..?

[Andrew John Hughes]

On 11/02/2020 14:34, Andrew Leonard wrote:
> Hi,
> I've probably missed something here, but it seems the recently tagged 
> jdk8u252-b01/b02 ea builds are not based off of or include the 
> jdk8u242-b08(ga). Is it intentional that 252 is not including 242 ga 
> fixes?
> jdk8u252 branch is merged into jdk8u "tip", but the jdk8u252 "tags" are on 
> the source branch?
> Thanks
> Andrew
> 
> Andrew Leonard
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Yes, we need to resolve an issue in 8u252 first, before merging with
8u242. The issue was resolved in 8u242, but in a different way to reduce
risk for the imminent release. Hence, we're keeping the two separate
until the fix in 8u252 is available to obsolete that in 8u242.

Hope that makes sense, and apologies for the confusion.

Thanks,
-- 
Andrew :)

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

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