----- Original Message ----- > Hi, > > Last Thursday we published the latest early access build of the > Oracle JDK 7u4 [1]. As I've mentioned in my past updates [2], the > teams are now focusing on fixing bugs found by the community, QA or > by the development teams. > > I'd like to welcome you to test the latest Oracle JDK, or your own > OpenJDK [3] build, and report bugs through bugs.sun.com. The sooner > the bug reports are filed, the more likely it is that the issues > will be fixed in time for the release :) There is still about a > month or so left where critical bugs can be fixed. > > Cheers, > Edvard > > [1] http://jdk7.java.net/download.html > [2] > http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk7u-dev/2012-February/001900.html > [3] http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7u/jdk7u >
What's the tag at the point where the 7u trees was branched to create the 7u4 trees? I can't see an obvious one on http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7u/jdk7u/jdk/shortlog > On Feb 14, 2012, at 10:27 PM, Edvard Wendelin wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > By now the feature work for 7u4 is basically done and the Mac OS X > > port is in the master forest. We're now looking at a period where > > the main focus is around bug fixing. A good way to help out is by > > testing the latest early access builds, available on the > > jdk7.java.net site [1]. As always, you can also build the source > > yourself, if you so prefer! > > > > On February 24th, we plan to create the jdk7u4 stabilisation > > forest. It will be a copy of the jdk7u master. Any fixes targeted > > for jdk7u4 needs to go into jdk7u4-dev after this point.The code > > freeze for Lana's last integration before the 24th is Feb 15th 2 > > pm PT. > > > > For fixes you want to include in jdk7u4 after Feb 23rd, you will > > need what's called critical fix approval. What that basically > > means is that quality, development and release management says OK > > to a particular fix. For those of you who can't edit bugs in the > > current bug database, please reach out to me and I'll help with > > the approval process. The details I need are: > > > > * CR number you are working on > > * a motivation why this fix is important for JDK 7u4 > > * what potential risks the fix could introduce > > > > I'll add a template to the project page where I add this > > information. > > > > If you are working on a fix that is not critical for 7u4, please > > continue using jdk7u-dev. As we move off jdk7u for 7u4, there will > > be 7u6 builds from jdk7u starting sometime end of February/early > > March. > > > > > > Cheers, > > Edvard > > > > [1] http://jdk7.java.net/download.html > > > > On Jan 19, 2012, at 10:56 PM, Edvard Wendelin wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> We are now at a point in the 7u4 project where we have a > >> reasonably good understanding on what the end game will look > >> like. I'd therefore like to outline the activities in the coming > >> months. I would also like to remind you that these plans could > >> and probably will change before the release is out the door. > >> > >> We expect that feature development will be completed by the end of > >> January. After that the focus will turn to bug fixing. During > >> this period of time, SQE will report bugs to development. We > >> expect that the vast majority of bugs have been reported by early > >> March. During the remainder of the month we will work on the bugs > >> still targeted to the release. By the end of March there > >> shouldn't be any bugs targeted to 7u4. We will continuously go > >> through the open bugs and focus our efforts on the most important > >> ones. Some bugs will end up being deferred to JDK 7u6. > >> > >> Sometime in February, JDK 7u4 will move to a new forest called > >> jdk7u/jdk7u4. This is where we will stabilize the release and all > >> subsequent builds of 7u4 will be built from this forrest. This > >> means that jdk7u/jdk7u-dev remains open for changes. Anything > >> integrated after we create jdk7u/jdk7u4 will be included in JDK > >> 7u6. > >> > >> By the time we are through feature complete and have a better idea > >> on the amount of bugs open against 7u4, I will update you on what > >> the last month will look like. > >> > >> Cheers, > >> Edvard > > > > -- Andrew :) Free Java Software Engineer Red Hat, Inc. (http://www.redhat.com) PGP Key: 248BDC07 (https://keys.indymedia.org/) Fingerprint = EC5A 1F5E C0AD 1D15 8F1F 8F91 3B96 A578 248B DC07
