FINAL REMINDER: JavaFX 20 RDP1 starts tomorrow [was: Proposed schedule for JavaFX 20]

[Kevin Rushforth]

As a reminder, JavaFX 20 RDP1 starts tomorrow, January 12th. I will fork 
the 'jfx20' branch at 16:00 UTC (it might be 15 or 20 minutes after 
that, but don't count on it).

-- Kevin

On 12/19/2022 12:10 PM, Kevin Rushforth wrote:
> 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
>>
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