Proposed schedule for JDK 26

[Mark Reinhold]

Here is the proposed schedule for JDK 26:

  2025/12/04  Rampdown Phase One
  2026/01/15  Rampdown Phase Two
  2026/02/05  Initial Release Candidate
  2026/02/19  Final Release Candidate
  2026/03/17  General Availability

The phases are defined in JEP 3 [1].

Comments on this proposal from JDK Committers and Reviewers [2] are
welcome, as are reasoned objections.  If no such objections are raised
by 18:00 UTC next Wednesday, 8 October, or if they’re raised and then
satisfactorily answered, then per the JEP 2.0 process proposal [3]
this will be the schedule for JDK 26.

- Mark


[1] https://openjdk.org/jeps/3
[2] https://openjdk.org/census#jdk
[3] https://cr.openjdk.java.net/~mr/jep/jep-2.0-02.html