David Holmes wrote:
Most fixes to 7u must go to 8 first. I assume at least part of the reason for this is to have fixes "bake" in 8 before coming down into 7u. But I'm seeing a lot of pushes to 8 followed (sometimes within minutes) by requests to push to 7u. I know there are various schedules to adhere to but it seems to me that the requirement to push to 8 before 7u is not serving any purpose in these cases.
It is making sure that JDK 8 does not develop a fix bug deficit compared to the 7 update train.
Most fixes from most engineers are good most of the time; I think we should take advantage of that in making our policies :-)
-Joe
