[7u communication] Schedule and release renumbering update

[Seán Coffey]

Thanks for the feedback on the proposal to use 7u40 as version of next 
release in this project. It's the best solution we have for now given 
the established 7u versioning system.

We should move ahead and start using 7u40 as reference to the "7u 
OpenJDK August Release". I hope to update the schedule page shortly with 
more timelines.

regards,
Sean.

On 18/04/13 18:25, 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] 
>