Accelerating the JDK release cadence

[Brian Goetz]

On 9/11/2017 6:27 PM, David Herron wrote:
> Getting to more important things ... what about JCP and JSR's?
>
> Previously the major release cycles were designed to coincide with JSR's
> being finished.
>
> I take it the idea that a JSR will land in whatever release it coincides
> with rather than rigidly holding up a release until the JSR is finished.
> And that the reason for more granular releases is to decrease the time
> between a JSR finishing and it landing in an official release.  Is that
> about right?

Platform JSR for 18.3 posted yesterday:
     https://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=383

Now in review, to be followed by ballot, in accordance with JCP process, 
as usual.

Component JSRs will come in as they always have; through the appropriate 
platform (umbrella) JSRs.