On 2/2/13 3:03 AM, Volker Simonis wrote:
On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 8:11 PM, Phil Race <philip.r...@oracle.com
<mailto:philip.r...@oracle.com>> wrote:
As previously discussed on porters-dev the current target is
not the first
JDK 8 release but rather the first non-security update (i.e.
something like
JDK 8u2)
Given the scale and timing, isn't JDK 9 a more appropriate target ?
The goal of a JDK 8 update 2, *should* be stabilisation, and this
sounds rather the opposite.
It also introduces logistic issues like ramping up infrastructure
which in my experience
can't solved all that quickly.
Well, the MacOS X port made it into 7u4 and we're of course keen to do
it better:)
OSX was a major investment on a lot of fronts. People (dev, sqe, pm)
were diverted
away from other projects and it was being worked on by Oracle engineers
in the os x project
for a *long* time before it was integrated. Even then it was rough and
close.
And 7u4 was only a developer release. Full support wasn't even claimed then.
So when you even mention the osx port, even with a claim it won't be as bad,
my internal alarm bells start ringing enough to think the actual impact
needs
to be assessed.
And there was a time imperative driving that. I'm not sure what the
imperative is here.
What do you mean with "ramping up infrastructure":
- hardware resources (like test/build infrastructure)?
- human resources within Oracle?
- human resources within IBM/SAP?
I think we have most of these allocated (except the Oracle part which
I can not speak about:)
I mean Oracle since your JEP is clear resources are needed where it says
> We therefore think this JEP needs funding not only from IBM and SAP
> but also from Oracle, in particular so that Oracle engineers in the
HotSpot
>and Core Libraries Groups can assist in this effort.
-phil.
