Timeline for 11.0.4 development

[Lindenmaier, Goetz]

Hi,

> > Obviously, the problem of using the last tagging date of the month
> > before (March, June, September and December) has its own problems, as it
> > varies how much time people have to commit. It could mean the last date
> > is as early as a week before (not sure if you intend to have the last
> > tag on Wednesday the 1st if it falls that way, or the Wednesday before).
> 
> Oracle delivers the patches always on a Tuesday. So we should plan for the last
> tag in the public repo 3 weeks before that.

Yes, that was my math behind those dates.

The jdk11u-dev->jdk11u would be two weeks after ga of 11.0.3, leaving
time for emergency fixes like we saw in 11.0.2.

> > However, this doesn't seem too problematic if it is announced clearly
> > well in advance, as you have here.  Also, putting it on the wiki is a
> > good idea, as things get lost in all this e-mail.
> 
> Yes, I think we should announce the freeze for the "tagging Wednesday" that
> we aim for and I'll definitely add/update the days in the Wiki, once we have
> them confirmed.
Christoph, I think we have basic agreement on the dates now.  Could you 
put them on the page?  We still can adapt them if there are objections.

And I would propose to list 11.0.5 first, 11.0.3 last.  The list will get longer, 
and this will have the relevant dates first.

Best regards,
  Goetz.