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Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:40:28 -0500
From: "Nathan Beyer" <nbeyer@gmail.com>
To: dev@harmony.apache.org
Subject: Re: [vote] Declare r681495 as M7
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I'm fine with releasing now. I didn't like that the test results
couldn't be repeated. Since it was the test itself we can move ahead.

Nathan


On 8/20/08, Mark Hindess <mark.hindess@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> In message <3b3f27c60808191746h7a5dd82arad5647ddcaadef50@mail.gmail.com>,
> "Nathan Beyer" writes:
>>
>> nathan:~$ update-alternatives --display javap
>> javap - status is auto.
>>  link currently points to /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin/javap
>> /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin/javap - priority 63
>>  slave javap.1.gz: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/man/man1/javap.1.gz
>> Current `best' version is /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin/javap.
>
> Hopefully Sian will provide a quick fix for this common case.  In the
> meantime, what is you position on M7?  Do you think M7 needs a fix for
> this issue?  Are there other must-fix issues that you consider blockers?
>
> I would not be unhappy to release r681495 as M7 since these are test
> issues rather than code issues and we have released with failures due
> to bad tests before.  So I vote +1 on this thread.
>
> Of course, if Sian can provide a prompt fix for this test issue then she
> has my +1 to commit it and we can start another vote.
>
>> Perhaps using 'javap' isn't the most stable/portable approach. Can we
>> use one of the bytecode libraries we have already and run the class
>> files through that?
>
> I'm sure Sian is considering other options for M8. ;-)
>
> -Mark
>
>

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