Hi Adrian,
The original thread has been hijacked by this discussion.
On 31/05/2017 10:26 PM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 02:12:16PM +0200, Mario Torre wrote:
I can't check the patches in detail now, but I see that the discussion
on those threads doesn't go much on the technical side but rather
focus on whether Oracle should support or not their own products :)
Well, I wish we could focus on the technical side.
The initial problem is not a technical one but a process one.
I think David's reply was highlighting the actual points instead:
* The status of linux-sparc as a port in OpenJDK 9 (or 8u) is unclear
* There is no way you will get them JDK 9 at this stage, this work
needs to be done on 10
I just want the changes to get merged into what would be HEAD in git
terms, just to get them off my plate.
* Hotspot group leads should have a say on this
I think it makes sense to seek the hotspot leads approval for that
work before anything else.
For one-liner patches?
It isn't the size or nature of these specific patches that is in
question but the whole status of the linux/sparc port in OpenJDK. The
leads may say "lets just take these now and defer the bigger question to
later" - or they may say something else. That's their call.
David
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In the meantime perhaps I would suggest to get in touch with the
distro-pkg-dev people since they may help you, even if this is not
Linux specific.
I am one of the maintainers of the Debian/sparc64 port and we have the
possibility to add distro-specific patches. However, I don't want to
carry these patches around forever but rather get them merged upstream
and make them available to all downstreams, not just Debian.
The way we have done that in the past is exactly this, slowly merge
upstream all the downstream specific changes, it's a process that
takes a lot of time, especially at the beginning when you need to
build trust and experience with the upstream developers.
That's sound very slow and painful. I don't think this way you will be
able to attract contributors in the future. If such minor changes
already involve so much discussion, most contributors will refrain
from sending in patches which is sad because it means lots of good
patches and ideas will never get merged.
Adrian
