Hi Seán, >From my perspective there are two problems with this:
1) I can do this, but I also have to ask others to do this and that creates more friction. 2) There is no official web pages that publishes that this tag exists. An additional advantage of a source bundle release is that it is a statement of sorts. Thanks, Jeroen > -----Original Message----- > From: Seán Coffey [mailto:sean.cof...@oracle.com] > Sent: Friday, April 19, 2013 22:39 > To: Jeroen Frijters > Cc: jdk7u-dev@openjdk.java.net > Subject: Re: [7u communication] Schedule and release renumbering update > > Jeroen, > > Does cloning from a mercurial tag work for you ? > e.g : hg clone -r jdk7u21-b12 > http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7u/jdk7u-dev/jdk jdk.7u21-b12 > > I don't work with tags too often but I would have thought that should > work. > > regards, > Sean. > > On 19/04/2013 09:09, Jeroen Frijters wrote: > > Hi Seán, > > > > I know I've asked before, but can we *please* get source bundles > published for security releases? > > > > I know that the code is in Mercurial, but it's just not the same. > > > > Regards, > > Jeroen > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: jdk7u-dev-boun...@openjdk.java.net [mailto:jdk7u-dev- > >> boun...@openjdk.java.net] On Behalf Of Seán Coffey > >> Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2013 19:25 > >> To: jdk7u-dev@openjdk.java.net > >> Subject: [7u communication] Schedule and release renumbering update > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> In line with the updates for JDK 8 [0], here's a proposed update of > >> plans for the next release of the JDK 7 Updates Project. > >> > >> Here at Oracle we've been very busy accelerating the development and > >> release of security fixes and new security features to address issues > >> with Java in web browsers. > >> > >> With the recent JDK 7u21 security release [1], we need to examine the > >> impact on the schedule [2] for the next JDK 7 Updates release. > >> > >> For past releases developed within this Project, like 7u4, our > >> approach to schedule them has been to put them a few months apart > >> from Oracle Java SE Critical Patch Updates [3] in order to minimize > >> the number of concurrent code lines, and the related synchronization > >> and administrative efforts. > >> > >> Looking at the the next scheduled dates for Oracle Java SE Critical > >> Patch Updates [3], the next opportunity that fits that description is > >> in August. > >> > >> Therefore, I would like to open the following proposal for > discussion: > >> > >> * The next release of this Project will be in August > >> * Stabilization forests for that release will not be created this > >> month > >> > >> Meanwhile, please continue to deliver fixes to jdk7u-dev. > >> > >> In addition, as announced earlier [4], we need to adjust the version > >> numbers of future releases. > >> > >> In order to avoid going through the effort of renumbering releases > >> again at some point in the future, which involves adjustments to bug > >> database records, Mercurial repositories, and a number of other > >> administrative tasks, I'd like to open the following proposal for > >> discussion: > >> > >> * The next release of this Project will be called 7u40 > >> * Starting with the next release, JDK 7 Update release numbers > will > >> be multiples of 20, in order to leave ample room for other > kinds > >> of releases should the need arise. > >> > >> Both proposals are open for discussion for one week until Thursday, > >> April 25th. > >> > >> Regards, > >> Sean. > >> > >> [0] > >> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk8-dev/2013- > >> April/002336.html[0] > >> [1] > >> http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html[1] > >> [2] http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk7u/releases/7u14.html[2] > >> [3] http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/alerts- > >> 086861.html[3] > >> [4] > >> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk7u-dev/2013- > >> February/005725.html[4]
