FINAL REMINDER: JavaFX 17 RDP1 starts tomorrow [was: Proposed schedule for JavaFX 17]

[Kevin Rushforth]

As a reminder, RDP1 starts tomorrow. I will fork the 'jfx17' branch at 
16:00 UTC.

-- Kevin


On 6/24/2021 11:16 AM, Kevin Rushforth wrote:
> As a reminder, Rampdown Phase 1 (RDP1) for JavaFX 17 starts on July 8, 
> 2021 at 16:00 UTC (09:00 Pacific time), which is two weeks from today.
>
> During rampdown of JavaFX 17, the "master" branch of the jfx repo will 
> be open for JavaFX 18 fixes.
>
> Please allow sufficient time for any feature that needs a CSR. New 
> features should be far enough along in the review process that you can 
> finalize the CSR before Thursday, July 1, or it is likely to miss the 
> window for this release, in which case it can be targeted for JavaFX 18.
>
> We will follow the same process as in previous releases for getting 
> fixes into JavaFX 17 during rampdown. I'll send a message with 
> detailed information later, but candidates for fixing during RDP1 are 
> P1-P3 bugs (as long as they are not risky) and test or doc bugs of any 
> priority. Some small enhancements might be considered during RDP1, but 
> they require explicit approval; the bar will be high for such requests.
>
> -- Kevin
>
>
> On 3/30/2021 7:30 AM, Kevin Rushforth wrote:
>> I just noticed a copy/paste error:
>>
>> > We plan to fork a jfx16 stabilization branch at RDP1.
>>
>> That should be a "jfx17" branch.
>>
>> -- Kevin
>>
>>
>> On 3/30/2021 7:28 AM, Kevin Rushforth wrote:
>>>  Here is the proposed schedule for JavaFX 17.
>>>
>>> RDP1: Jul 8, 2021 (aka “feature freeze”)
>>> RDP2: Jul 29, 2021
>>> Freeze: Aug 19, 2021
>>> GA: Sep 7, 2021
>>>
>>> We plan to fork a jfx16 stabilization branch at RDP1. The GA date is 
>>> expected to be one week ahead of JDK 17, matching what we did for 16.
>>>
>>> As was done for the previous release, the start of RDP1, the start 
>>> of RDP2, and the code freeze will be 16:00 UTC on the respective dates.
>>>
>>> Please let Johan or me know if you have any questions.
>>>
>>> -- Kevin
>>>
>>
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