[7u communication] Schedule and release renumbering update

[Seán Coffey]

On 21/04/13 15:44, Dmitry Samersoff wrote:
> Sean,
>
>>    * The next release of this Project will be called 7u40
>>    * Starting with the next release, JDK 7 Update release numbers will
>>      be *multiples of 20*, in order to leave ample room for other kinds
>>      of releases should the need arise.
> Could you clarify it?
>
> Does is it mean that next releases is 7u40, 7u60, 7u80?
Yes  - 7u40 would be the next OpenJDK 7u release.
>
> What happens after 7u80?
7u100 would follow. Do you see any problems with that ?

regards,
Sean.
>
> -Dmitry
>
>
> On 2013-04-18 21:25, Seán Coffey wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> In line with the updates for JDK 8 [0], here's a proposed update of
>> plans for the next release of the JDK 7 Updates Project.
>>
>> Here at Oracle we've been very busy accelerating the development and
>> release of security fixes and new security features to address issues
>> with Java in web browsers.
>>
>> With the recent JDK 7u21 security release [1], we need to examine the
>> impact on the schedule [2] for the next JDK 7 Updates release.
>>
>> For past releases developed within this Project, like 7u4, our
>> approach to schedule them has been to put them a few months apart from
>> Oracle Java SE Critical Patch Updates [3] in order to minimize the
>> number of concurrent code lines, and the related synchronization and
>> administrative efforts.
>>
>> Looking at the the next scheduled dates for Oracle Java SE Critical
>> Patch Updates [3], the next opportunity that fits that description is
>> in August.
>>
>> Therefore, I would like to open the following proposal for discussion:
>>
>>    * The next release of this Project will be in August
>>    * Stabilization forests for that release will not be created this
>>      month
>>
>> Meanwhile, please continue to deliver fixes to jdk7u-dev.
>>
>> In addition, as announced earlier [4], we need to adjust the version
>> numbers of future releases.
>>
>> In order to avoid going through the effort of renumbering releases
>> again at some point in the future, which involves adjustments to bug
>> database records, Mercurial repositories, and a number of other
>> administrative tasks, I'd like to open the following proposal for
>> discussion:
>>
>>    * The next release of this Project will be called 7u40
>>    * Starting with the next release, JDK 7 Update release numbers will
>>      be multiples of 20, in order to leave ample room for other kinds
>>      of releases should the need arise.
>>
>> Both proposals are open for discussion for one week until Thursday,
>> April 25th.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Sean.
>>
>> [0]
>> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk8-dev/2013-April/002336.html[0]
>> [1] http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html[1]
>> [2] http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk7u/releases/7u14.html[2]
>> [3] http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/alerts-086861.html[3]
>> [4]
>> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk7u-dev/2013-February/005725.html[4]
>>
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