Proposed schedule for JavaFX 18

[Kevin Rushforth]

As a reminder, Rampdown Phase 1 (RDP1) for JavaFX 18 starts on January 
13, 2022 at 16:00 UTC (08:00 Pacific time), which is ten days from today.

During rampdown of JavaFX 18, the "master" branch of the jfx repo will 
be open for JavaFX 19 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 by Thursday, January 6, or it is likely to miss the 
window for this release, in which case it can be targeted for JavaFX 19.

We will follow the same process as in previous releases for getting 
fixes into JavaFX 18 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 11/16/2021 7:36 AM, Kevin Rushforth wrote:
> Here is the proposed schedule for JavaFX 18.
>
> RDP1: Jan 13, 2022 (aka “feature freeze”)
> RDP2: Feb 3, 2022
> Freeze: Feb 24, 2022
> GA: Mar 15, 2022
>
> We plan to fork a jfx18 stabilization branch at RDP1. The GA date is 
> one week ahead of JDK 18, matching what we did for 17.
>
> 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
>