Java SE 8 (JSR 337) Final Release Specification, RI, and TCK: DRAFT

[Andrew Haley]

On 01/23/2014 12:21 AM, mark.reinhold at oracle.com wrote:
> 2014/1/21 21:04 -0800, Andrew Haley <aph at redhat.com>:
>> There are some JCK failures in the draft RI.
>>
>> compiler tests: all ok
>> devtools tests: all ok
>> runtime tests: 68928 passed, 68 failures, 0 errors
>>
>> Failures:
>> api/org_ietf/jgss/GSSContext/* (14 total):
>> all caused by missing support for AES256, so I'd say it's expected
> 
> Hrm, maybe you expect them but they're not known failures.  Could you
> please send me (privately) the relevant .jtr file and also a description
> of the system on which you're running the JCK (OS, kernel version,
> hardware, etc.)?  I'll forward that information on to the JCK team for
> analysis.

OK.

>> api/java_util/Base64/Decoder/* (20 total):
>> caused by missing methods in the package java.util.base64
>>
>> api/signaturetest/sigtest.basic.html#basic[java] (1 total):
>> dtto caused by missing methods in the package java.util.base64
>>
>> many (almost all) other failures:
>> +-infinity returned instead of NaN in Double/double computations
> 
> We think these are known failures, but again if you could send along the
> relevant .jtr files then we can make sure.

What do you mean by "known failures"?  If there are known failures
in the draft RI, then it is not fit for purpose.

Andrew.