Bytecode regression caused by JDK-8148854

[Andrew Hughes]

On 10:40 Thu 08 Oct     , Andrew Haley wrote:
> On 08/10/2020 04:14, Andrew Hughes wrote:
> > I'm tending towards this mostly being an issue with Groovy creating bad
> > class files. It sounds like it still does and they already fail with
> > OpenJDK 11.
> > 
> > However, I see that this is an 8u281 backport for Oracle, but, for some
> > reason, it was approved earlier for OpenJDK 8, in 8u272. I thus think
> > there's a case for rolling it back in 8u272 *only*, so the change at
> > least appears in both JDKs at the same time.
> > 
> > Thoughts?
> 
> I wouldn't object. It doesn't sound at all urgent.
> 
> -- 
> Andrew Haley  (he/him)
> Java Platform Lead Engineer
> Red Hat UK Ltd. <https://www.redhat.com>
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> 

I agree. Moreover, if we're going to break some code, I'd rather
we did it at the same time at Oracle (and also increase the chances
of picking up any follow-on fixes in the 8u282 cycle).

Thanks. I'll roll this back as part of the CPU patchset in 8u272 only.
-- 
Andrew :)

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

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