On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 8:11 PM, Phil Race <philip.race at oracle.com> wrote: > As previously discussed on porters-dev the current target is not the first >> JDK 8 release but rather the first non-security update (i.e. something >> like >> JDK 8u2) >> > > Given the scale and timing, isn't JDK 9 a more appropriate target ? > The goal of a JDK 8 update 2, *should* be stabilisation, and this sounds > rather the opposite. > It also introduces logistic issues like ramping up infrastructure which in > my experience > can't solved all that quickly. > > Well, the MacOS X port made it into 7u4 and we're of course keen to do it better:) What do you mean with "ramping up infrastructure": - hardware resources (like test/build infrastructure)? - human resources within Oracle? - human resources within IBM/SAP? I think we have most of these allocated (except the Oracle part which I can not speak about:) -phil. > > > On 2/1/2013 5:57 AM, Volker Simonis wrote: > >> On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 12:15 PM, David Holmes <david.holmes at oracle.com>** >> wrote: >> >> On 1/02/2013 8:11 PM, mark.reinhold at oracle.com wrote: >>> >>> Posted: http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/****175<http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/**175> >>>> <http://openjdk.java.net/**jeps/175 <http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/175>> >>>> >>>> I'm forced to send this to porters-dev but I do not subscribe to that >>> list >>> (so it will probably get held up). >>> >>> Given the way the JEP tasks have been split it would seem much more >>> appropriate to me for discussions to occur on hotspot-dev and >>> core-libs-dev >>> as this, as the JEP says, is about the integration effort not the porting >>> effort. >>> >>> Yes, I agree. I just wanted to wait until the JEP was published before >> posting it to the appropriate lists >> >> >> That said this is also relevant to jdk8-dev, also cc'd, as it affects all >>> JDK 8 development. I have trouble seeing how such a large effort can be >>> assimilated within the timeframes of the Java 8 schedule. >>> >>> >>> As previously discussed on porters-dev the current target is not the >> first >> JDK 8 release but rather the first non-security update (i.e. something >> like >> JDK 8u2) >> >> Regards, >> Volker >> >> David >> >>> - Mark >>> >> >
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