Only P1-P3 bugs fixes are allowed to push into jdk9 now

[Volker Simonis]

OK, got it.
Thanks for the clarification,
Volker


On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 8:54 PM, Vladimir Kozlov
<vladimir.kozlov at oracle.com> wrote:
> Hi Volker,
>
> The general internal Oracle consensus after discussions was that we may
> allow only very small high priority RFEs for external ports code. It should
> use FC extension process we used before (labels and request comments) and
> approved case by case. And this is for limited time only - we all want to
> have jdk 9 stable on all platforms when it is released as Andrew said.
>
> And definitely not if changes touch a common code. If you need then split it
> into separate changes as bug if possible - I assume you can have cases when
> you need to add #ifdef into existing tests, for example.
>
> Also I would like again to enforce priority limit to P1-P3. If you think a
> fix should go into jdk 9 it should have high priority. Otherwise it can wait
> jdk 10.
>
> Regards,
> Vladimir
>
>
> On 1/4/17 11:30 AM, Vladimir Kozlov wrote:
>>
>> On 1/4/17 2:23 AM, Volker Simonis wrote:
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 7:53 PM, Vladimir Kozlov
>>> <vladimir.kozlov at oracle.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> We are currently in "Rampdown" phase for jdk 9 which allows only
>>>> P1-P3 bugs
>>>> fixes. Note for Hotspot it started week ago.
>>>>
>>>> http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk9/
>>>>
>>>> Please, make sure bugs you are planning to fix have P1-P3 priority
>>>> and "fix
>>>> version" is jdk 9. I just updated JDK-8171266 [1] for that.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks a lot Vladimir. I'll push it today.
>>>
>>> Just for clarification: do the "Rampdown phase rules" also apply to
>>> non-Oracle platforms like ppc64 or s390x? In the past, we were allowed
>>> to push non P1-P3 bugs or enhancements even in later phases as long as
>>> they didn't touch shared code. Is this still allowed or do we now have
>>> to strictly conform to the process even for ppc64/s390x-only changes?
>>
>>
>> JDK 9 schedule was approved by all, including Java Community outside
>> Oracle.
>>
>> I looked on original Mark's email about "JDK 9 Rampdown Phase 1" and
>> there were no exceptions listed:
>>
>> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk9-dev/2016-August/004777.html
>>
>> But I understand that JDK 9 schedule reflects the process inside Oracle
>> and may not be applied directly to your process.
>> I will try to clarify situation with your ports regarding JDK 9 schedule
>> and inform you.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Vladimir
>>
>>>
>>> Thanks a lot and best regards,
>>> Volker
>>>
>>>> You can rise priority to P3 if you think a bug must be fixed in jdk 9 or
>>>> defer it to jdk 10 - set "fix version" to 10.
>>>>
>>>> I see 3 aarch64 P4-P5 bugs which should be updated accordingly:
>>>>
>>>> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8170101
>>>> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8170103
>>>> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8165058
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Vladimir
>>>>
>>>> [1] https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8171266
>>>> "PPC64: Add support to -XX:RTMSpinLoopCount=0"
>>>>
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