Interaction with the CCC Process (original) (raw)

Dalibor Topic dalibor.topic at oracle.com
Wed Aug 31 18:30:22 PDT 2011

Hi,

here's a draft for discussion how the JDK 7 Updates Project should interact with the existing CCC process, in order to provide additional transparency around potential upcoming interface changes future releases.

The draft is open for comments until Wednesday September 7th.

cheers, dalibor topic

Interaction with the CCC process:

Preamble: JDK 7 exposes different kinds of interfaces to its users. See http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~darcy/OpenJdkDevGuide/OpenJdkDevelopersGuide.v0.777.html#kinds_of_interfaces for an introduction. Changes to those interfaces need to be carefully managed. That's done through the CCC process. This document describes how the JDK 7 Updates Project plugs into that existing process.

Rule 0: If a changeset proposed for a JDK 7 Update forest requires a specification change, directly affects an external interface, or otherwise has a compatibility impact, a CCC request MUST be initiated. Unless special circumstances hold, a specification change to a java.* or javax.* API is out of bounds for a JDK 7 update release.

Rule 1: Currently, if the developer is not employed by Oracle, the CCC request SHOULD be initiated by the Technical Lead. Otherwise, the CCC request MUST be initiated by the developer proposing the changeset.

Rule 2: When a CCC request is initiated, the initiator MUST post that a request has been initiated on the jdk7u-dev at openjdk.java.net mailing list.

Rule 3: While a CCC request is in progress, the initiator MUST keep the jdk7u-dev at openjdk.java.net mailing list up to date on its progress, in particular whether the request has been approved.

Rule 4: As a special exception, CCC requests for changes not going into a public JDK 7 Update forest are not covered by Rule 2 and Rule 3.

Rule 5: A changeset for which the CCC request has not been approved (yet), MUST not be committed into a JDK 7 Update forest.

Rule 6: The maintainer MAY request a CCC request to be initiated for a changeset.

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