FINAL REMINDER: JavaFX 19 RDP1 starts tomorrow [was: Proposed schedule for JavaFX 19]

[Kevin Rushforth]

As a reminder, JavaFX 19 RDP1 starts tomorrow, July 14th. I will fork 
the 'jfx19' branch at 16:00 UTC.

-- Kevin


On 7/1/2022 3:43 PM, Kevin Rushforth wrote:
> 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
>>
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