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The JDK bug system (JBS) hosted at http://bugs.openjdk.java.netorg/ is a JIRA instance which provides bug tracking for Projects in the OpenJDK Community. A large fraction of the bugs are associated with a JDK Release Project, such as JDK 8, and are resolved by changes to the source code for such a Project.

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Bugs for some closed source technologies included in Oracle's JDK, but not included in OpenJDK, are also tracked in JBS. This continues and expands a long-standing practice of publishing bug information about closed source code on the historical bugs.sun.com, a practice that is as old as Java itself.

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OpenJDK Roles, Groups, and Projects are explained in the OpenJDK Bylaws. This JBS guide will use terms defined in the bylawsBylaws; the bylaws Bylaws should be consulted for details.

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At the time of launch, self-service account creation is not supported. Users without an account can browse JBS anonymously or use bugsbugreport.sunjava.com to view a time-delayed and simplified snapshot of bug state. Users without an account can also use bugsbugreport.sunjava.com to submit an issue. When such an issue is submitted, a record is created in the Java Incidents (JI) project in JBS; at the time of launch, the JI project is not publicly visible. Issues in the JI project have an identifier like JI-9XXXXXX, where the numeric portion corresponds to the bug identifier sent back to the submitter. After an initial triage process, if the incidents needs further review, it can be transferred to be an issue in the JDK project. When such a transfer occurs, the issue gets a new identifier in the JDK project (JDK-8YYYYYY) but references to the original JI-9XXXXXX number will be redirected.

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  • CODETOOLS: hosts bugs for jcheck, jtreg, and miscellaneous other utilities.

  • JDK: host bugs for past, present, and future JDK release projects.

An OpenJDK projectProject may request that a JBS project be created to host its bugs by sending an email to ops@openjdk.java.netorg. In many cases, an existing JBS project should be used rather than creating a new JBS project. For example, a new JDK release would use the existing "JDK" project in JBS rather than creating a new project.

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  • Select the Close workflow action.
  • Set Resolution to Duplicate.
  • Set Linked Issues to "is duplicated byduplicates"
  • Add ID of reference bug (which might remain open)

(Links in JIRA are generally typed and directional; the process above adds an "is duplicated by" link to the closed bug as well as a matching "Duplicates" link in the to reference issue.")

Normally the issue with the most information should be kept open; this is often the oldest issue.

Normally the issue with the most information should be kept open; this is often the oldest issue.

Verification

A bug that is resolved by a fix typically goes through a process to have the fix verified for correctness and completeness. If set, the Verification field has three possible values:

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(Note that a backport from an earlier release to later one, such as JDK 7u6 to JDK 8, is just a backport going in a negative direction.)

JDK Project

Further Note: The 'hgupdate-sync' label is used to denote bug records which are already fixed in a previous release. When code lines are synced a new backport record will be created with the hgupdate-sync label to capture the sync activity. For the most part, such records can be ignored since they indicate that the issue was resolved in an earlier update release.

JDK Project

Much of the work in Much of the work in OpenJDK occurs in JDK release Projects which use the "JDK" project in JBS. Therefore, This section will discuss some of the particulars of the JDK project.

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General questions about JBS can be sent to discuss@openjdk.java.netorg.

Feature requests for JBS itself can be sent to ops@openjdk.javaorg.net.

Conclusion

Hofstadter's Law: It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law.
— Douglas Hofstadter, Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid

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