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This process is subject to change. Changes MUST be approved by Project Lead and Technical Lead. Changes considering development in OpenJDK MUST be publicly discussed on the jdk8u-dev mailing list prior to approval to allow for public feedback. The Project Lead is Sean Coffeyis Andrew Haley
The process we use is
Rule 1
All changes that are not specific to JDK 8 Update MUST go into the JDK Project first. As a special exception, a change MAY go into JDK 8 Update if it is at the same time also proposed for inclusion into the JDK Project.
Rule 2
The jdk8u/jdk8u-dev, the always open mainline JDK 8 Update forest, is maintained by the Project Lead. Exceptions to that are e.g. specific release repositories, where the Project Lead MAY delegate that authority.
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