Hi, This is a request for approval to backport two fixes from JDK 8 to 7u60:
[1] 8019853: Break logging and AWT circular dependency [2] 8026404: Logging in Applet can trigger ACE: access denied ("java.lang.RuntimePermission" "modifyThreadGroup") (the second fix is a fix of the first fix) Here are the JDK 8 changesets: 8019853: http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8/jdk8/jdk/rev/b3d6953b9829 8026404: http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8/jdk8/jdk/rev/2c16140fb515 and here is the combined webrev for the two fixes on 7: <http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~dfuchs/webrev_8019853_8026404-jdk7/webrev.00/> Here are the JDK 8 review threads: http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/core-libs-dev/2013-August/020436.html http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/core-libs-dev/2013-October/022060.html best regards, -- daniel [1] https://jbs.oracle.com/bugs/browse/JDK-8019853 [2] https://jbs.oracle.com/bugs/browse/JDK-8026404