[8u communication] Adjustment of OpenJDK 8u release versions & 8u102 early access binaries

[Rob McKenna]

Hey Martin,

This subject was discussed before. See: http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk8u-dev/2015-August/004134.html

All openjdk fixes need enter the jdk8u-dev forest in any case.

    -Rob

On 06/04/16 08:25, Martin Buchholz wrote:
> I read
> """January 2016 RampDown 2 Fork for the stabilization forests"""
> http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk8u/releases/8u92.html
> but the last stabilization forest is for 8u60.
> Have we stopped creating (or publishing) stabilization forests?
> 
> On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 8:14 AM, Rob McKenna <rob.mckenna at oracle.com> wrote:
> > As there were no objections I've updated the release schedule[0] to reflect this proposal.
> >
> > I would also like to bring attention to the Oracle early access
> > binaries, and invite other distributors who build binaries based on the
> > OpenJDK JDK 8 Updates Project to do the same in this thread:
> >
> > https://jdk8.java.net/download.html
> >
> >      -Rob
> >
> > [0] http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk8u/
> >
> > On 29/03/16 11:49, Rob McKenna wrote:
> >> With the release of JDK 8u77 [0], the version numbers of the current and future OpenJDK 8u releases need to be adjusted.
> >>
> >> To avoid confusion with any versions that were already in development, I'd like to propose the following:
> >>
> >>    * The next release of this Project to be called 8u92, instead of 8u76
> >>    * The release after that release to be called 8u102, instead of 8u82
> >>
> >> Both proposals are open for discussion for one week until April 5th. Regards,
> >>
> >>      -Rob
> >>
> >> [0] http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/alert-cve-2016-0636-2949497.html