Yeah, no objections from me - that's a nice future proofing cleanup.
On 10.04.2014 19:57, Seán Coffey wrote:
Given that we now have JDK 9 forests open and also have the JDK 8 Updates forests, the JDK 7u ground rules [1] need some slight tweaking to describe how a fix should always be fixed first in JDK 9, then 8u and then 7u when necessary. Exceptions apply as per usual (rule 1). I'd like to propose the changes pasted below. If I hear no objections before next Wednesday, 16th April - I'll make the update. regards, Sean. [1] http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk7u/groundrules.html diff --git a/src/projects/jdk7u/groundrules.html b/src/projects/jdk7u/groundrules.html --- a/src/projects/jdk7u/groundrules.html +++ b/src/projects/jdk7u/groundrules.html @@ -14,9 +14,13 @@ prior to approval to allow for public feedback. Project Lead is Dalibor Topic, Technical Lead is Edvard Wendelin.</p> <h2>Rule 1</h2> - <p>All changes that are not specific to JDK 7 Update MUST go into JDK 8 - first. As a special exception, a change MAY go into JDK 7 Update if - it is at the same time also proposed for inclusion into JDK 8.</p> + <p>Any change that is not specific to JDK 7 Update MUST go into + the JDK feature release code line first. The change MUST then + be backported to the different JDK Updates forests starting with + the latest family version first. As a special exception, a change + MAY go into the JDK 7 Update forest if sufficient reasons are + given for not forward porting it or if forward port planning is + already in progress.</p> <h2>Rule 2</h2> <p>The always open mainline JDK 7 Update forest is maintained by the Project Lead. Exceptions to that are e.g. specific release @@ -35,8 +39,8 @@ of the approval request a URL for the public code review MUST be provided.</p> <h2>Rule 5</h2> - <p>A maintainer for a forest MAY pre-approve changes undergoing code - review for JDK 8 for commit to their forest in JDK 7 Update.</p> + <p>A maintainer for a forest MAY pre-approve JDK 7 Update changes undergoing + code review for a later JDK release family version. <h2>Rule 6</h2> <p>A maintainer for a forest MAY request additional reviews for changes to be performed before it is approved for their forest.</p>
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