[8u] TLS 1.3: fallback scheme for the new SunJSSE engine

[Andrew Hughes]

On 16/06/2020 05:22, Martin Balao wrote:

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>>
>> My suggestion would be to follow the JFR route:
>>
>> 1. Now: Setup a TLS incubator tree and apply the patches there.
>>
>> 2. Monday, August 24th, 2020: Decide whether to merge the incubator tree
>> into 8u-dev before rampdown on Friday, 28th.
>>
>> 3. Assuming it is integrated, test TLS 1.3 in 8u272 during September.
>>
>> The benefits of this are:
>>
>> 1. You can handle the commit policy for the incubator (just reviews, no
>> need for individual approvals)
>>
>> 2. One single approval can be used to merge TLS 1.3 in rampdown week.
>>
>> 3. Merging just before rampdown makes your proposal feasible, assuming
>> low traffic during rampdown.
> 
> I'm okay with this approach.
> 
> Thanks,
> Martin.-
> 

I haven't seen anything further on this. Is this the approach being adopted?

Thanks,
-- 
Andrew :)

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

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