At JavaOne, it was mentioned that Oracle is working on improving the bug database. They weren't more specific than "soon".
On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 10:36 AM, Jason S <[email protected]> wrote: > So Oracle is getting all revved up about Java 8 and 9 apparently... ( > http://www.infoworld.com/d/application-development/oracle-releases-javafx-20-shares-plans-java-9-174896 > ) > > what is to be done about the woefully poor Java bug database? > > It takes several minutes just to execute a login attempt at bugs.sun.com. > I seem to remember (can't check since I can't login) that you could only > vote for 3 bugs to be fixed, and there's a backlog of bugs for years... (the > latest bug I'm running into is > http://bugs.sun.com/view_bug.do?bug_id=4724038) > > Is there anything a lowly developer can do to lobby for improvement? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/javaposse/-/77U6FYLW5CMJ. > 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. > -- 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.
