Thank you very much. On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 12:30 PM, Joshua Marinacci <[email protected]> wrote: > > Couldn't you download JavaSE 6u12 and test it yourself on another > machine? The bug appears to have been closed down because the testers > couldn't reproduce it. > If your environment is suffering from the bug and you know how to > reproduce it then please submit instructions.
Unfortunately I don't know how to reproduce it. It happens one or twice every week on heavy load on a veeery busy application. The workarround is very ugly, catching a NPE and retry. > Yes, upgrading your version of Java is generally safe (especially > point releases like u3 to u10). We place a very high priority on > backwards compatibility and do endless testing. It doesn't catch > everything, but it caches most things and any regressions are quickly > escalated to blockers. > Excellent!. Can I quote you? > - J > Best regads > On Feb 13, 2009, at 6:09 AM, [email protected] wrote: > >> >> Hi >> >> I've got a couple of questions. >> >> I've (well... my clients have) been suffering from a closed, tagged as >> Not Reproducible, bug on bugs.sun.com. >> http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6367148 >> There is no way to vote for a closed issue, so I just left a comment >> there. >> Is there any other/better/faster way to influence a re-open? >> >> Maybe it is not the case anymore, since I am using an older release of >> java (java version "1.6.0_03"). Is there a way to see if the proposed >> change made it into newer releases, like update 10?. "Just upgrade, >> just in case" you would say, but the enterprise will NOT upgrade >> unless there is a compelling reason to do it, like a documented bugfix >> they are suffering from. And will upgrade only after an expensive and >> time-consuming round of testing, since it is a mission-critical >> application. So I am reluctant to recommend a change before getting >> all bases covered. >> >> Does the "write once, run everywhere" mantra still works with all >> these language changes nonsense?. I mean, Do you think is it safe to >> just upgrade java?, Do you think it will still be after the proposed >> changes for openjdk and java 7? >> >> regards >> > > > > > > -- Marcelo Morales --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
