Hi Markus, On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 12:43:02PM +0200, Markus Koschany wrote: > Hello Roberto, > > > As far as upstream feedback, I presume I should post my updated patches > > to either ticket 12020 or 12276. Would that be the best approach? > > Yes, that would be a good approach indeed. > > > I am not totally clear on what sort of feedback I should seek from > > upstream. Should I just ask for a review of the patches I have > > prepared? Would I do that by posting to the ticket? > > I would post to the ticket and ask for a review of your patches. All > upstreams I have contacted so far were really helpful and of course they > are interested that their software is properly fixed too. > > > > > I'd like to think that small scale and scope of the changes and the fact > > that they are already included in upstream ICU (I think) and in OpenJDK > > means that the changes are solid. However, I understand that a > > regression could be disruptive to wheezy users so I don't want to do > > something that would unreasonably risk that occurring. Could you (or > > anyone else) suggest a course of action here? > > Since Antoine already made a good experience with upstream, I recommend > to contact them by posting to the ticket or other communication channels > (e-mail, IRC, etc.) and ask for a review of your patches. That is the > best course of action in this case. In the unlikely case that they are > totally hostile, you have to use your own judgment but I don't expect > that to happen. >
Thanks very much for the feedback. I will do as you suggest and request that upstream review the patches. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sánchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com
