Fatal Error on PPC64 and PPC64LE for both JDK7 and JDK8

[Andrew Hughes]

----- Original Message -----
> On 04/24/2015 02:43 PM, Lindenmaier, Goetz wrote:
> 
> > Have there been any decisions about who will take over the
> > maintenance of the jdk7u repositories?  If you (RedHat) will do this
> > as with jdk6, could you imagine to integrate the ppc port into
> > jdk7u?  This would simplify the support from our side, and maybe for
> > you as well.
> 
> I think we'll take over jdk7, yes.
> 
> Integrating PPC is an interesting idea.  My current thinking is to put
> jdk7, like jdk6, into long-term cold storage with nothing except
> critical bug fixes.  It might make sense to integrate PPC, though, if
> it's non-intrusive.
> 

The PPC port has been in IcedTea since 2.5.0 [0]. I see no problem with
moving it into OpenJDK 7 upstream. I'd also say the same for the AArch64
port that will appear in IcedTea with 2.6.0.

Generally, 7 is still a lot more widely used and current than 6, so
I'm not sure we should be quite as restrictive with changes there.
They are quite different beasts; OpenJDK 6 was like an unloved
step-child of an early version of OpenJDK 7, which Oracle only
really maintained with security updates from the very start, while
OpenJDK 7 has been the basis of their proprietary 7 releases
throughout. I think we should be keeping a close eye on what
is added to 8u and backporting the majority of eligible changes
to 7 as well, if we want to maintain it.

[0] http://blog.fuseyism.com/index.php/2014/06/24/icedtea-2-5-0-for-openjdk-7-released-power-to-the-people/

> Andrew.
> 
> 

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Andrew :)

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