Reminder: file JDK 24 CSRs well ahead of December 5, 2024 rampdown 1 start -- now just three weeks remaining

[Joseph D. Darcy]

PS Now just three short weeks until JDK 24 rampdown 1 start; no 
additional CSRs for large changes should be initiating CSR reviews for 
JDK 24 at this point.

-Joe

On 10/29/2024 9:53 PM, Joseph D. Darcy wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Per the JDK 24 schedule (https://openjdk.org/projects/jdk/24/), the 
> rampdown phase one of the release starts on December 5, 2024, a bit 
> over five weeks from today.
>
> An advanced reminder to factor in sufficient review time for any 
> projects needing CSR review before getting pushed into JDK 24, which 
> includes JEPs. Large projects, including JEPs, should often use the 
> two-phase CSR process (https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/csr/Main) 
> rather than the one-phase process. The nominal SLA for each CSR phase 
> is one week. To accommodate the possibility of needing to respond to 
> feedback from the CSR, I recommend a large project that has not 
> already had CSR review budget at least four weeks of CSR review time 
> ahead of a planned integration date.
>
> Particularly large or complex projects should factor in additional time.
>
> A JEP should have gone through the first phase of CSR review, getting 
> to Provisional state, before being Proposed to Target for a release. 
> Please plan accordingly.
>
> Cheers,
>
> -Joe
> CSR Lead
>