Proposed schedule for JavaFX 21

[Kevin Rushforth]

As a reminder, Rampdown Phase 1 (RDP1) for JavaFX 21 starts on July 13, 
2023 at 16:00 UTC (09:00 Pacific time), about four weeks from now.

Please allow sufficient time for any feature that needs a CSR. Given 
that we are entering the summer holiday season, and with the upcoming 
July 4th US holiday, there may be some delays. New features should be 
far enough along in the review process that you can finalize the CSR by 
Thursday, June 29, or it is likely to miss the window for this release, 
in which case it can be targeted for JavaFX 22.

During rampdown of JavaFX 21, the "master" branch of the jfx repo will 
be open for JavaFX 22 fixes, including enhancements.

We will follow a slightly amended process from previous releases for 
getting fixes into JavaFX 21 during rampdown. I'll send a message with 
detailed information when we fork, but the major change is that we will 
follow the recently-adopted JDK process for handling backports during 
stabilization. See these messages [1] [2] for more information.

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 appropriately high for such requests.

-- Kevin

[1] https://mail.openjdk.org/pipermail/jdk-dev/2023-May/007889.html
[2] https://mail.openjdk.org/pipermail/jdk-dev/2023-June/007911.html


On 4/10/2023 9:44 AM, Kevin Rushforth wrote:
> Here is the proposed schedule for JavaFX 21.
>
> RDP1: Jul 13, 2023 (aka “feature freeze”)
> RDP2: Aug 3, 2023
> Freeze: Aug 31, 2023
> GA: Sep 19, 2023
>
> We plan to fork a jfx21 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
>