openjdk8u212 and openjdk11.0.3 code freeze/rampdown dates

[Langer, Christoph]

Hi Paul,

I've updated the Wiki https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/JDKUpdates/JDK11u yesterday, adding some process description and timeline information. Didn't get feedback from Andrew so far. But I think I should add similar information to https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/jdk8u as well.

> But the presence of 11.0.3 tags means I missed that 11.0.3 has already been
> forked for rampdown, correct?

Yes, 11.03 has been moved to the jdk11u repository for rampdown. jdk11u-dev is now the working repository for 11.0.4.

>     We’re roughly 6 weeks from when 8u211/212 and 11.0.3 will ship. There
> are two 11.0.3 tags in jdk11u-dev, but no 8u212 tags in the jdk8u-dev. There
> are 9 backports left on the u211/212 list. One is out for review (JDK-
> 8180904/8077608 by Xin), one is unassigned (JDK-8213983), and one looks to
> be taken by Aleksey (JDK-8217305). I’m willing to do the remaining 6: they’re
> all pretty small. Just need jdk8u-fix-yes tags. :)
> 
>     I haven’t seen code freeze dates for non-embargoed patches candidates,
> but may have missed them going by. If they aren’t yet determined, it’d be
> excellent to have them so we can plan rampdown.

It would be great if you can do the remaining 6 issues. As soon as the list of backports is empty, we shall do the rampdown. For 8u222 and following we can do this hopefully a bit earlier.

Best regards
Christoph