PLEASE READ: jcheck cleanup Friday, 22-Jan-2016 morning, repo will be locked

[Kevin Rushforth]

This is taking a bit longer than anticipated due to some server issues, 
so the FX 9-dev and 8u-dev repos are still locked. ETA for 9-dev is 1:30 
pm Pacific and 8u-dev is 2:30 pm Pacific.

-- Kevin


Kevin Rushforth wrote:
> All,
>
> ACTION: Observe the repo lock time tomorrow and then take steps to 
> keep your changesets "jcheck clean".
>
> * 9-dev and 8u-dev will be locked Friday, Jan 22 between 8:00 am and 
> noon Pacific (although I hope to finish sooner).
>
> * After we open back up, use the new checkWhiteSpace script or run "hg 
> jcheck" before pushing. More on this when we open back up (don't fix 
> up any white-space issues before tomorrow).
>
> * Please make sure that you use proper hg commit messages from now on.
>
>
> As previously announced we will have a "jcheck cleanup" day tomorrow. 
> In preparation for this, I ask for your assistance by not pushing any 
> chanegsets after 8:00 am Pacific tomorrow to either 9-dev or 8u-dev. I 
> expect it will take 2 - 4 hours for us to make the changes to all 
> needed forests and then do a verification step, which will include 
> looking at the patches to ensure no changes other than white space and 
> doing a full test build on Mac, Linux, Windows.
>
> With the help of Dave's handy checkWhiteSpace script, I will push a 
> changeset tomorrow to fix:
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8147967
>
> I will also push a changeset to address the errant hg tags to fix:
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8146907
>
> Let me know if you have any questions.
>
> Thanks!
>
> -- Kevin
>