JDK 9 Rampdown Phase Two
The specific goals of this phase are to:
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Fix all P1 and P2 bugs that are new in JDK 9 and critical to the success of this release;
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Decommit from fixing any P1 or P2 bugs that are not new in JDK 9 and are not critical to this release, but were previously targeted to this release; and
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Explicitly defer any P1 or P2 bugs that are new in JDK 9 but are either not critical to this release or cannot, for good reason, be fixed in this release.
P3-P5 bugs whose fixes would affect product code must, at this point, be left to future releases.
P1 and P2 bugs
The current list of candidate Rampdown Phase Two (RDP 2) bugs can be found here: http://j.mp/jdk9-rdp-2. If you're responsible for a bug on this list then you can take one of the following actions:
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Develop a fix for the bug and then request approval to integrate it; or
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If the bug is not new in JDK 9 (check the "Affects Version" field) then you can remove it from the list by clearing the "Fix Version" field, or by setting that field to
tbd_majorif the fix would only be suitable for a major release, or by setting that field totbd_minorif the fix would be suitable for any release; or -
If the bug is new in JDK 9 but is not critical or cannot be fixed in time then you can request that the bug be deferred explicitly from the release via the bug deferral process that we adopted earlier for RDP 1.
In any case, do not change the priority of a bug in order to remove it from the list. The priority of a bug should reflect the importance of fixing it independent of any particular release, as has been standard practice for the JDK for many years.
P3-P5 bugs
The RDP 2 candidate list only contains P1 and P2 bugs. P3-P5
bugs are irrelevant to the overall status of the release from this
point forward, regardless of whether or not they're targeted, so
there's no need to take any specific action on any P3-P5 bugs. You
don't need to defer them, either explicitly via the deferral
process or even implicitly by adjusting the "Fix Version" field,
though you can set the value of that field to
tbd_major or tbd_minor if you think that
will be useful information later on.
P3-P5 bugs whose fixes only affect tests (or test problem lists)
or documentation or demos may be fixed until the initial release
candidate build, on 2017/6/22. If you have a fix for such a bug
then you don't need to request approval in order to integrate it,
but please do make sure that the issue has a noreg-self
or noreg-doc
label, as appropriate.
Enhancements
The overall feature set is, at this point, frozen. It is highly unlikely that any further JEPs will be targeted to the release. Low-risk enhancements that add small bits of missing functionality or improve usability may be approved, especially when justified by developer feedback, but the bar is now extremely high. API or other specification changes made by a JSR Expert Group are critical by definition, and will be approved. You can request approval for an enhancement via the existing FC-extension process but, as of RDP 2, only the JDK 9 Project Lead or a delegate, in the case of absence, may approve such requests.
