Proposed schedule for JavaFX 20

[Kevin Rushforth]

As a reminder, Rampdown Phase 1 (RDP1) for JavaFX 20 starts on January 
12, 2023 at 16:00 UTC (08:00 Pacific time). Given the upcoming holidays, 
that's a little over 2 working weeks from now.

During rampdown of JavaFX 20, the "master" branch of the jfx repo will 
be open for JavaFX 21 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 no later than Thursday, January 5, or it is likely to 
miss the window for this release, in which case it can be targeted for 
JavaFX 21.

We will follow the same process as in previous releases for getting 
fixes into JavaFX 20 during rampdown. I'll send a message with detailed 
information when we fork, 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 11/1/2022 1:59 PM, Kevin Rushforth wrote:
> Here is the proposed schedule for JavaFX 20.
>
> RDP1: Jan 12, 2023 (aka “feature freeze”)
> RDP2: Feb 2, 2023
> Freeze: March 2, 2023
> GA: March 21, 2023
> We plan to fork a jfx20 stabilization branch at RDP1.
>
> 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
>