----- Original Message ----- > All- > > Hopefully this is the right mailing list to ask about this, otherwise > please let me know where I should post it. > > I'm trying to backport the TLS 1.2 support [1] from OpenJDK 7 to > OpenJDK 6, but I'm running into some trouble and I'm wondering what is > the usual way to go about it. I also intent to enable TLS 1.2 by > default (as in JDK-7093640) after I get this stuff backported. > > [1] 6916074: Add support for TLS 1.2: > http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7u/jdk7u/jdk/rev/9d6a9f65d2bf > > What is the usually the right approach for this? > 1. hg import > 2. hg transplant > 3. compare current files, bring changes that matter > > I have been trying option #1, but I'm finding it a bit harsh since > there were backports into OpenJDK 6 that affected the same files as > [1] and those were made *without* backporting any TLS 1.2 stuff. I'm > looking into a lot of rejects and I find it hard to be sure that I'm > getting all the stuff I need for TLS 1.2 support without introducing > bugs. > > Option #3 means I will end up putting a few backports into the same > patch, I'm not sure that is allowed and/or if there are any > restrictions. I also have to be sure which commit made what change to > report that. The downside is that I need to then check all the files > from every commit I end up using, otherwise I might miss other > important changes. > > I have tried option #2 as well, but either I am doing something wrong > or it does not work as expected - eg. because the repos do not have > the same parent. > > I would really appreciate any help. > > On a side note, I'm probably not experienced enough with mercurial > (currently I'm much more used to git), so it might just be that I'm > not into the right mindset on how to approach the problem. > > Best regards, > Tiago > > -- > Tiago Stürmer Daitx > Software Engineer > tiago.da...@canonical.com >
We backported appropriate parts of 6916074 to OpenJDK 6 where needed for recent security fixes. I don't think backporting the whole of TLS 1.2 is appropriate for OpenJDK 6. -- Andrew :) Senior Free Java Software Engineer Red Hat, Inc. (http://www.redhat.com) PGP Key: ed25519/35964222 (hkp://keys.gnupg.net) Fingerprint = 5132 579D D154 0ED2 3E04 C5A0 CFDA 0F9B 3596 4222 PGP Key: rsa4096/248BDC07 (hkp://keys.gnupg.net) Fingerprint = EC5A 1F5E C0AD 1D15 8F1F 8F91 3B96 A578 248B DC07
