I couldn't find a good way to show me rolling my eyes, but I found this: http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/rolling%20eyes%20gif
Rule #1 Nobody reads the README Rule #2 When things go wrong, blame the README I of course have no objection to the change, however, I'm not convinced it will help much the next time someone runs into this. :^( It is important that all developers feel empowered to contribute to this README file. -kto On Jun 17, 2013, at 3:30 PM, Stuart Marks wrote: > Hi all, > > We had a problem in TL the other day [1] [2] that wasn't caught because a > developer was using a JDK 8 build as his boot JDK. Turns out the rule to use > JDK N-1 as the boot JDK for JDK N isn't specified clearly in > README-builds.html. Here's a diff to strengthen the wording in that file. > > Also, is it OK if I push this into TL? > > Thanks, > > s'marks > > [1] http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8/tl/jaxp/rev/659828443145 > > [2] http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8/tl/jaxp/rev/2707f600a096 > > > > > diff -r ea6f3bf82903 README-builds.html > --- a/README-builds.html Tue Jun 04 00:12:51 2013 -0400 > +++ b/README-builds.html Mon Jun 17 15:29:31 2013 -0700 > @@ -355,12 +355,20 @@ > </li> > <li> > Install a > - <a name="bootjdk">Bootstrap JDK</a> > - <br> > + <a name="bootjdk">Bootstrap JDK</a>. > All OpenJDK builds require access to a previously > released > - JDK, this is often called a bootstrap JDK. > - Currently, for this JDK release we require > - JDK 7 Update 7 or newer. > + JDK called the <i>bootstrap JDK</i> or <i>boot > JDK.</i> > + The general rule is that the bootstrap JDK > + must be an instance of the previous major > + release of the JDK. In addition, there may be > + a requirement to use a release at or beyond a > + particular update level. > + <br> <br> > + <b><i>Building JDK 8 requires use of a version of > + JDK 7 that is at Update 7 or newer. Do not use > + a build of JDK 8 as the boot JDK for building > + JDK 8.</i></b> > + <br> <br> > The JDK 7 binaries can be downloaded from Oracle's > <a > href="http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html"; > target="_blank">JDK 7 download site</a>. >
