[11u]: 11.0.4 release schedule

[Langer, Christoph]

Hi,

> On 4/24/19 11:01 AM, Aleksey Shipilev wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> That feels early to me too. What will happen is a ton of jdk11u-critcial-
> requests
> for trivial bugs, simply to get them into the next release.

Well, I had discussions with Goetz about this... I also have/had the feeling, that the proposed date to do the branch is too early. I would also rather propose to do the jdk11u-dev -> jdk11u transport at about the date mentioned as RDP2 above.

I think, Goetz' reasoning behind suggesting the early branch is, if there was some late checkin which destabilizes things, there would only be about 4 weeks to get it fixed when branching late. Oracle also has an early branch/RDP2 date for their updates. E.g. 12.0.2 is probably branched about now.

But I would be fine with changing the schedule to this:

     March 2019: jdk11u-dev repo open (tag: jdk-11.0.4+0)
     Tuesday, May 28 2019: RDP2, Branch jdk11u-dev to jdk11u
     Wednesday, May 29 2019: First build (tag: jdk-11.0.4+1)
     Wednesday June 26 2019: Last tag before code freeze
     Tuesday, July 16 2019: GA (tag: jdk-11.0.4-ga)

So, I guess we shall wait a bit and collect further comments on this, e.g. from Goetz himself. Depending on the outcome of the discussion I'd update the Wiki at the end of the week.

Best regards
Christoph