BTW, bug evaluation suggests that implementation may be fixed at "beginning of the Java SE 7 cycle" - one more argument to follow spec. So I vote for applying the H-1625 patch, all the more it fixes several other issues in the test.
2006/10/17, Tony Wu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Joshua Bloch said, "thread groups are largely obsolete.","Avoid thread groups!" I think it is not necessary to fullly comply with RI here ;-) On 10/17/06, Elena Semukhina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As everyone keeps silence, I'd suggest to change implementation to be bug > compatible with RI. > > On 10/15/06, Elena Semukhina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > On 10/14/06, Tim Ellison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Elena Semukhina wrote: > > > > Classlib test ThreadGroupTest.test_setMaxPriorityI() fails on DRLVM > > > because > > > > it expects behaviour that conflicts with specification. > > > > The test passes on IBM VME and RI. The issue is reported at > > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HARMONY-1625 . > > > > > > > > Actually there is a bug report in > > > > http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=4708197 which > > > agreed > > > > that > > > > this is a bug in RI and it should be fixed. > > > > > > > > Should we follow RI's behaviour and change drlvm ThreadGroup.java or > > > should > > > > we fix the test? > > > > > > I'm off-line at the moment so cannot look at the bug details. The > > > question is whether fixing the 'bug' will likely break any applications? > > > > > > This question was discussed in Sun's bug report as well. A JCK test > > detected this bug. The first evaluation stated that "This is relatively > > obscure functionality and it's theoretically possible at that changing the > > behavior will break running apps." The second evaluation suggested to > > fix the implementation rather than change the spec. The bug is in progress > > since 2002... > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > Tim > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Tim Ellison ([EMAIL PROTECTED] ) > > > IBM Java technology centre, UK. > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Terms of use : http://incubator.apache.org/harmony/mailing.html > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Thanks, > > Elena > > > > > -- > Thanks, > Elena > > -- Tony Wu China Software Development Lab, IBM --------------------------------------------------------------------- Terms of use : http://incubator.apache.org/harmony/mailing.html To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
--------------------------------------------------------------------- Terms of use : http://incubator.apache.org/harmony/mailing.html To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
