Moved to security-dev
> On 1 Sep 2017, at 08:28, Philipp Kunz <philipp.k...@paratix.ch> wrote: > > Hello everyone > > I have been developing with Java for around 17 years now and when I > encountered some bug I decided to attempt to fix it: > https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-6695402. This also looks like it may > not be too big a piece for a first contribution. > > I read through quite some guides and all kinds of documents but could not yet > help myself with the following questions: > > May I login to jira to add comments to bugs? If so, how would I request or > receive credentials? Or are mailing lists preferred? > > Another question is whether I should apply it to jdk9, but it may be too late > now, or to jdk10, and backporting can be considered later. Probably it > wouldn't even make much a difference for the patch itself. > > One more question I have is how or where to find the sources from before > migration to mercurial. Because some lines of code I intend to change go back > farther and in the history I find only 'initial commit'. With such a history > I might be able better to understand why it's there and prevent to make the > same mistake again. > > I guess the appropriate mailing list for above mentioned bug is security-dev. > Is it correct that I can send a patch there and just hope for some sponsor to > pick it up? Of course I'd be glad if some sponsor would contact me and maybe > provide some assistance or if someone would confirm that sending a patch to > the mailing list is the right way to find a sponsor. > > Philipp Kunz
