A few months ago, we simplified some of the APIs to the ForkJoin classes (mainly, removing some methods so as to allow better internal automation). The "jsr1yy6" versions of these API changes have been in use since then, and we're confident that these changes (and corresponding internal implementation improvements) should go into the openjdk7 versions. In case you are curious, some discussions about them can be found in concurrency-interest list archives, including http://cs.oswego.edu/pipermail/concurrency-interest/2010-June/007243.html
So we (mainly Martin Buchholz and I) would like to do this. Since they involve API changes, I suspect there might be some additional process requirements beyond us just doing the mercurial commits. If so, can someone let us know what they are? We already arranged to have corresponding JCK/TCK tests updated. -Doug
