I am wondering that shall we still commit to our Java 6 branch during the code frozen for trunk? I am just going to merge some bug-fixing updates from Java 5 to our Java 6 branch. If not, the merging is not urgent, so I think I can wait until the complete of code frozen.
2008/7/30 Tim Ellison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Sean Qiu wrote: >> >> Java 6 branch isn't taken into our consideration, am i right? > > We publish snapshots of the Java 6 branch [1]. Given the significant > overlap in code between Java 5 and 6 the release schedule usually covers > both. > > Did you have a new piece of work you wanted to introduce in Java 6? > > [1] http://harmony.apache.org/download.cgi#Harmony6_Snapshot > > Regards, > Tim > >> 2008/7/29 Nathan Beyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> >>> On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 7:40 AM, Tim Ellison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> chunrong lai wrote: >>>> >>>>> Should we freeze the code base for M7, since the Jul. 28th is said to >>>>> be >>>>> the code freeze date? >>>>> >>>> Yes. I thought that we had a well understood procedure now that we are >>>> on >>>> our seventh milestone -- but I guess it is still necessary to call it >>>> out. >>>> >>>> If so, I think >>>>> >>>>> (1) We should follow Tim's policy "no more commits please without >>>>> agreement from two committers on the dev list" before code unfrozen. >>>>> (2) We need to nominate the M7 candidate revision, do more testing, >>>>> analyze the critical/blocker issues and raise the issues MUST be fixed >>>>> for >>>>> M7. >>>>> >>>> The code is frozen for new features or non-critical bug fixes this week. >>>> Nathan asked that he gets his suncompat code in there, which is fine >>>> since >>>> that is disabled by default anyway. >>> >>> I checked my code in last night, so I'm good to go for testing. >>> >>> >>>> >>>> The focus is on stability and passing our tests. We should discuss any >>>> non-critical bug fixes and later this week expect to nominate a release >>>> candidate. >>>> >>>> (p.s. I'm disappearing on vacation for a couple of weeks after this >>>> week, >>>> so I'll only be around to help up to that point) >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Tim >>>> >> >> >> > -- Best Regards Sean, Xiao Xia Qiu China Software Development Lab, IBM
