Proposed schedule for JavaFX 19

[Kevin Rushforth]

As a reminder, Rampdown Phase 1 (RDP1) for JavaFX 19 starts on July 14, 
2022 at 16:00 UTC (09:00 Pacific time), which is a little less than two 
weeks from now.

During rampdown of JavaFX 19, the "master" branch of the jfx repo will 
be open for JavaFX 20 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, July 7, or it is likely to miss the window 
for this release, in which case it can be targeted for JavaFX 20.

We will follow the same process as in previous releases for getting 
fixes into JavaFX 19 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 5/9/2022 3:28 PM, Kevin Rushforth wrote:
> Here is the proposed schedule for JavaFX 19.
>
> RDP1: Jul 14, 2022 (aka “feature freeze”)
> RDP2: Aug 4, 2022
> Freeze: Aug 25, 2022
> GA: Sep 13, 2022
>
> We plan to fork a jfx19 stabilization branch at RDP1. The GA date is 
> one week ahead of JDK 19, matching what we did for 18.
>
> 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
>