Preamble
It would be nice if there was a way for OpenJDK 8u Authors, Committers and Reviewers to flag critical fixes that have been integrated into jdk8u-dev for consideration by the Oracle JDK 8u CPU Release Team for inclusion into a CPU release ahead of the release being worked on in jdk8u-dev.
Such a process can be facilitated if one follows the rules outlined below.
Rule 0
An OpenJDK 8u Author, Committer or Reviewer requesting their fix in jdk8u-dev to be considered by the Oracle JDK CPU Release Team for CPU integration SHOULD label the corresponding master/parent issue with 8u-CPU-critical-request in the JDK Bug System.
Rule 1
If (and only if) approved by the Oracle JDK 8u CPU Release Team the label will be updated to 8u-CPU-critical-approved.
They will then ensure that the approved fix gets integrated to an upcoming Oracle JDK 8u CPU release.
All relevant updates will be processed via the bug report.
Rule 2
Such bug fix requests should only be made for critical fixes. A guideline is
- P1 bug, or
- A serious regression which needs fixing ASAP