[11u]: 11.0.4 release schedule

[Aleksey Shipilev]

On 4/24/19 11:47 AM, Langer, Christoph wrote:
> I've now published the following schedule for 11.0.4 on the Wiki [0]:
> 
>     March 2019: jdk11u-dev repo open (tag: jdk-11.0.4+0)
>     Tuesday, April 30 2019: Branch jdk11u-dev to jdk11u
>     Wednesday, May 1 2019: First build (tag: jdk-11.0.4+1)
>     Wednesday, May 29 2019: RDP2
>     Wednesday June 26 2019: Last tag before code freeze
>     Tuesday, July 16 2019: GA (tag: jdk-11.0.4-ga)
> 
> Is everyone in agreement with that?
> 
> Note: It means that we'll branch next week from jdk11u-dev to jdk11u!

That also means outstanding 11.0.4-oracle things are better to get to 11u-dev within a week, right?
  https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/issues/?filter=36409

I have my doubts about having 2.5 months gap between fork and release. That feels too early. Or
maybe not, given there is a pending 13 freeze in between, and also summer vacations.

> Furthermore, I'm questioning myself, whether we want to explicitly have an RDP2 date? Pushes that target the jdk11u repo need to use the "critical" labeling and should meet the stricter rules for release stabilization anyway (see section "Fix Approvals" in the link below). Any opinions on that one?

IMO, if we are not pulling jdk11u-dev -> jdk11u automatically and regularly, then there is little
sense in having the formal RDP2. Maintainers would have to judge if change is risky for
stabilization forest, every step of the way anyway.

-Aleksey