My initial question was indeed if there will be separate HSX release trains for JDK6 and JDK7 after the release of JDK7.
I think Erik mostly answered the question and I personally also think that one HSX train from JDK8 to JDK6 AND JDK7 would be the most natural and reasonable solution. But of course this is up to Oracle to decide on this... Thank you for the answers and best regards, Volker On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 12:57 PM, David Holmes <[email protected]> wrote: > Ismael Juma said the following on 02/02/11 21:15: >> >> On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 10:13 AM, David Holmes <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> And will this also also apply to JDK6 >>>>> after JDK7 was released (i.e. will one and the same HS Express version >>>>> be used in JDK6 and in JDK7 thereafter)? >>>> >>>> I expect so. (Paul -- correct me if I'm wrong.) >>> >>> Not sure that I understand the question but different JDK6 update >>> releases >>> contain different HS versions. So different JDK7 update releases will >>> also >>> contain different HS versions. >> >> I think the question is whether JDK6 will continue to receive new HS >> versions after JDK7 is released or whether JDK6 will enter a more >> conservative update policy once JDK7 is released. > > I think they are two different questions: > > a) how often will JDK6 be updated post JDK7? > b) will the scope of those updates include Hotspot updates? > > I can't answer those. > > David >
