Proposed schedule change for JDK 9

Thu Jun 8 00:00:00 UTC 2017

2017/5/30 12:53:33 -0700, mark.reinhold at oracle.com:
> ...
> 
> In order to be ready for all possible outcomes I suggest that here in the
> JDK 9 Project we continue to work toward the current goal of producing an
> initial Release Candidate build on 22 June [6], but adjust the GA date in
> order to accommodate the additional time required to move through the JCP
> process.  To be specific, I propose that we move the GA date out by eight
> weeks, from 27 July to 21 September.
> 
> Comments on this proposal from JDK 9 Committers are welcome, as are
> reasoned objections.  If no such objections are raised by 23:00 UTC next
> Tuesday, 6 June, or if they're raised and satisfactorily answered, then
> per the JEP 2.0 process proposal [7] this will be the new schedule for
> JDK 9.

Hearing no objections, I've recorded the new GA date on the JDK 9
Project page:

  http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk9/

The interim milestone dates are unchanged.

- Mark