[15u-communication] Invitation for new maintainers

[Yuri Nesterenko]

Thank you.

I would like to nominate myself to the role of lead maintainer of the OpenJDK 15u Updates. I have been
working on Java and OpenJDK development for quite some time. I have actively participated in
development of AWT and as a Reviewer in JDK, JDK Updates and several other OpenJDK projects,
and as a lead maintainer for 13u.
In my role as lead maintainer for 15u, I anticipate the backing of several other OpenJDK Updates
committers currently employed at Azul, who have been actively contributing to 11u, 8u, 13u, and 7u
updates, as well as any others who wish to join in the effort.

As you already know, Azul plans to continue building quarterly community updates for OpenJDK 15 under
what we have been referring to as "MTS" (Mid Term Support) releases. Rather than providing a long term
support horizon, MTS releases are intended to provide an update overlap window of 18 months with the
next LTS release (presumably JDK 17). The key purpose of MTS updates is to increase the likelihood of
production adoption of releases between LTSs, allow users to more quickly adopt new capabilities
introduced with Feature releases, and increase the production-based feedback and bug flow that can
hopefully make the next LTS even better. By committing to provide updates until 18 months after the
next LTS comes out, we expect to increase the production adoption of MTS releases, as end users can
expect community updates to continue to arrive until well after the next LTS is mature, stable, and
can be transitioned to for production use at low risk.

We will be ready to start approving bugs from 15.0.3 on and intend to maintain continuity for
OpenJDK's JDK 15u, much like it has for JDK 11u. We would be happy see others join in the 15u effort
as well.

Yuri Nesterenko (http://openjdk.java.net/census#yan)

--yan


On 19.01.2021 19:11, Robert Mckenna wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> We're adjusting the process (slightly) for the call for new maintainers. Instead of running this in conjunction with the end of maintenance of the 15.0.2 release we have decided (based on feedback from Yuri at azul!) to call for new maintainers earlier in the release cycle so they aren't overwhelmed with a deluge of work early on.
> 
> One slight difference with the old process that we wish to make explicit is that the new maintainer will only be approving bugs for 15.0.3 onward.
> 
> To be clear, the existing maintainers still intend to step down at the end of March. (possibly sooner!)
> 
> So, we would like to invite prospective new maintainers to step forward at this point to ensure a smooth transition should they wish to maintain 15u beyond the end of March.
> 
>       -Rob
>