2013/12/2 17:37 -0800, volker.simo...@gmail.com: > if I understand this right, there's another downside of the approach > you propose: you can't easily downport changes from JDK9 to JDK8 > update releases. This is because changes in JDK9 (i.e. our > ppc-aix-port) will have ancestor changes in JDK9 which are not in JDK8 > (i.e. they are there, but they are different changes with the same > content because they have been imported and not pulled into JDK9). > > So what will be the best way to downport something from JDK9 to JDK8. > The only possiblity I see is again to "cherry pick"; i.e., export the > change from JDK9 and import it into JDK8. Do you see other > possibilities?
No, but as Alan said, we already do this all the time from JDK 8 to the JDK 7 updates. It's really not that hard -- the hg import and export commands take care of most of the details. - Mark P.S. It's "JDK 8" and "JDK 9". Note the space after the "K".
