Eclipse OpenJ9 Issue Labels

OpenJ9 has defined a number of different labels for managing issues. Many of the labels are of the form {category}:{subcategory}. The labels are defined below along with notes about their intended usage.

Priority

Describe the priority of the particular issue.

• pri:high

• pri:medium

• pri:low

JDK

Indicate if this issue is specific for a given JDK level, such as JDK8.

• jdk8

• jdk9

• jdk10

• jdk11

• jdk12

Component

Indicate the likely component for this issue. Separating by component helps to keep the list of issues to review managable and to guide contributors for a particular area to the relevant items.

• comp:vm

• comp:jit

• comp:test

• comp:doc

• comp:gc

• comp:build

• comp:port

• comp:infra

Dependencies

OpenJ9 builds with several other projects: 'Eclipse OMR' & an 'OpenJDK extensions for OpenJ9' repo for each JDK level. These labels help to identify dependent changes to ensure they are merged together or in the correct order:

• depends:omr

• depends:openjdk(8, 9, 10, 11, 12)

• depends:EclipseCQ: Indicate a change needs a Contributor Questionnaire

OpenJDK projects

Labels for issues related to OpenJDK projects and JEPs:

• project:panama

• project:valhalla

• JEP

Performance

Labels for issues that affect performance or footprint.

• perf

• footprint

External documentation

Label to indicate that a PR or issue requires external documentation (new feature / change in behavior / limitation).

• doc:externals

Note: When you use this label, you must open an issue in the OpenJ9 documentation repo.

End User issues

To indicate an issue has been raised by an end user or affects the User-experience rather than being a developer-centric issue.

• userRaised

• svtRaised: Indicate an issue was raised for an Adoptium third party issue or the OpenJ9 system verification test (svt).