type-annotations based on JDK 9?

[Alex Buckley]

Mike,

I've asked around (it took a while) about the future of the three 
OpenJDK Projects - Lambda, ThreeTen, and Type Annotations - which host 
Reference Implementations of JSRs for Java SE 8.

The Type Annotations Project has essentially served its purpose of 
hosting the RI for JSR 308, and allowing the RI's code to make its way 
into the repositories of the JDK 8 Project. Woohoo!

I agree that the type-annotations forest used by the Type Annotations 
Project has served its purpose. From now on, bug fixes to javac's 
handling of type annotations should be sent as patches to the 
compiler-dev list, just like fixes to any other area of javac. Depending 
on the nature of the bug in JBS, the patch would target either the 
repositories of the JDK 8 Updates Project or the repositories of the JDK 
9 Project.

The type-annotations-dev list is still playing a useful role as people 
download early-access JDK 8 binaries from Oracle and have questions 
about applying type annotations in source code, reflecting over them, 
etc. However, I don't see the list as necessary after the GA of JDK 8 in 
March.

At that time, we should archive the list, make the forest read-only, and 
then vote to shut down the Type Annotations Project. (The ThreeTen 
Project will do basically the same.) JSR 308 will have made its Final 
Release and you and I will bask in the glory of being Maintenance Leads.

Werner,

Since you were an Author in the JDK 8 Project, you're an Author in the 
JDK 8 Updates Project and JDK 9 Project. It would probably be useful for 
you to be a Committer in one or both of those Projects, but there's a 
process for that, of course.

Alex

On 12/16/2013 4:15 PM, Michael Ernst wrote:
> Werner-
>
> I feel that the type-annotations forest has served its purpose.  We
> don't expect any significant development to occur on it -- just bug
> fixes.  Those bug fixes can be communicated as patches and applied to
> whatever forest is used for JDK 8 maintenance.
>
> Do others feel differently?
>
>                     -Mike
>
>
>> Subject: type-annotations based on JDK 9?
>> From: Werner Dietl <wdietl at gmail.com>
>> To: Jonathan Gibbons <jonathan.gibbons at oracle.com>
>> Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 17:56:06 -0500
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> now that updates in the JDK 8 repositories are winding down, I'm
>> wondering whether I should start updating type-annotations from a JDK
>> 9 forest, e.g.:
>>
>> http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk9/dev/
>>
>> Or should we keep the current jdk8/tl setup and switch once a jdk8u
>> forest exists?
>>
>> The type-annotations forest could continue to be the "play-ground" for
>> fixes to type annotations handling.
>> Or should we unceremoniously remove the type-annotations forest?
>>
>> cu, WMD.
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 7:29 PM, Jonathan Gibbons
>> <jonathan.gibbons at oracle.com> wrote:
>>> Interesting point.
>>>
>>> Once 8 has shipped, the 8 repos will be frozen.  Updates to 8 will
>>> occur in
>>> a new 8 update forest, similar to the way that 7 updates happen now.
>>> I'm
>>> not sure if we can reparent type-annotations to 9 -- I will ask.
>>> But we
>>> can still sync the forest from 9.
>>>
>>> -- Jon
>>>
>>>
>>> On 12/05/2013 04:00 PM, Werner Dietl wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Jon,
>>>>
>>>> thanks for that info.
>>>> Will the type-annotations repositories continue to exist?
>>>> Once the jdk9 repos are created, we could continue to use
>>>> type-annotations to test type-annotation fixes.
>>>>
>>>> cu, WMD.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> http://www.google.com/profiles/wdietl