8u222 release schedule

[Andrew John Hughes]

On 24/04/2019 10:56, Langer, Christoph wrote:
> Hi all,
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> following the schedule for OpenJDK 11 update 11.0.4, I’ve now published
> the following schedule for 8u222 on the Wiki [0]:
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>     March 2019: jdk8u-dev forest open (tag: jdk8u222-b00)
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>     Tuesday, April 30 2019: Branch jdk8u-dev to jdk8u
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>     Wednesday, May 1 2019: First build (tag: jdk8u222-b01)
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>     Wednesday, May 29 2019: RDP2
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>     Wednesday June 26 2019: Last tag before code freeze
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>     Tuesday, July 16 2019: GA (tag: jdk8u222-ga)
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> It means that we’ll branch next week from jdk8u-dev to jdk8u!
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> There are the same open questions as for JDK 11.0.4: Is everyone in
> agreement? Do we want to have an explicit RDP2 date between branch from
> jdk8u-dev and code freeze?
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> Thanks
> 
> Christoph
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> [0] https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/jdk8u/Main
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It's not clear to me what the difference is between 'branch jdk8u-dev'
and RDP2. I thought they were the same thing.

So my impression is that the process for release x goes as follows:

1. jdk8u is tagged jdk8ux-b00
2. Initial work on jdk8ux takes place in jdk8u-dev tree
3. Each Wednesday, jdk8u-dev is merged to jdk8u and tagged with the next
incremental build number.
3. At RDP2, weekly merges cease and fixes for jdk8u have to be
explicitly requested by jdk8u-critical-request. jdk8u-dev moves on to
release x+1.
4. At code freeze, no more changes are made to jdk8u publicly until
after 13h00 PT (20h00 UTC Apr/Jul/Oct, 21h00 UTC Jan) on the unembargo
date when the embargo is lifted. The security fixes are then reviewed
and pushed, including the final tag jdk8ux-ga.
5. Return to #1 for x+1.

What am I missing?

Thanks,
-- 
Andrew :)

Senior Free Java Software Engineer
Red Hat, Inc. (http://www.redhat.com)

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