2013/12/2 7:36 -0800, mark.reinh...@oracle.com: > ... > > To simplify the release-endgame process, I hereby make the following > proposal: > > The JDK 9 development forests will be initialized from a specific > build of JDK 8. After that build, merges between the two code lines > will not be permitted. A developer who pushes a change into JDK 8 > must also apply that change independently to JDK 9, if that change > is applicable to JDK 9. > > By "apply independently" I mean "cherry pick"; i.e., export the patch > for the JDK 8 changeset, apply the patch to a JDK 9 working forest, > adjust the result as needed, build and test, and then commit a new > changeset to JDK 9 with the same bug number and other log information.
No one has objected to this proposal, so let's go with it. Iris -- As you create the initial JDK 9 forest, please tag the tip of each repository with "jdk9-b00". That will make it easy to identify the point at which the JDK 9 code line forked from JDK 8. Thanks. - Mark
