Release schedule

[Rick Bullotta]

If there's a critical mass location in or around Silicon Valley, I'd be glad to make the trip for F2F also.  Sometimes way more effective.

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Laskey (Oracle) [mailto:james.laskey at oracle.com] 
Sent: Friday, December 06, 2013 7:31 AM
To: Rick Bullotta
Cc: Tal Liron; nashorn-dev at openjdk.java.net
Subject: Re: Release schedule

I'm certainly up for it and I'm sure others on the team would be as well.  I guess the trick would be how to coordinate online, so that we can have a good breadth of participation.  Skype?  Google?  Suggestions all.

Cheers,

-- Jim



On Dec 6, 2013, at 8:16 AM, Rick Bullotta <rick.bullotta at thingworx.com> wrote:

> It would be a good idea (and fun and educational) to do a couple day hack fest/education sessions on Nashorn, with the key committers and architects available.
> 
> I bet a lot of useful examples, tutorial, and best practices would pop out as a result. 
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
>> On Dec 6, 2013, at 6:45 AM, "Jim Laskey (Oracle)" <james.laskey at oracle.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Nashorn's release schedule is one and the same as JDK8's. http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk8/milestones
>> 
>> We are currently at M8 - Rampdown phase 2, which means that only showstopper bugs can be fixed.
>> 
>> -- Jim
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Dec 6, 2013, at 6:00 AM, Tal Liron <tal.liron at threecrickets.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Is there a release schedule for Nashorn within JDK8?
>>> 
>>> Specifically:
>>> 
>>> 1. When is the cutoff for new features?
>>> 2. Will there be a "release candidate" cycle? When does it begin?
>>> 3. When is the final release of Nashorn (for JDK8) to be announced?
>>> 
>>> I realize that development will continue for the JDK9 branch.
>>