Proposed schedule for JavaFX 24

[Kevin Rushforth]

As a reminder, Rampdown Phase 1 (RDP1) for JavaFX 24 starts on Thursday, 
January 16, 2025 at 16:00 UTC (08:00 US/Pacific time). Given the 
upcoming holidays, that's a little over 2 working weeks from now.

During rampdown of JavaFX 24, the "master" branch of the jfx repo will 
be open for JavaFX 25 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 9, or it is likely to 
miss the window for this release, in which case it can be targeted for 
JavaFX 25.

We will follow the same process as in previous releases for getting 
fixes into JavaFX 24 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 10/25/2024 11:34 AM, Kevin Rushforth wrote:
> Here is the proposed schedule for JavaFX 24:
>
> RDP1: Jan 16, 2025 (aka “feature freeze”)
> RDP2: Feb 6, 2025
> Freeze: Feb 27, 2025
> GA: Mar 18, 2025
>
> We plan to fork a jfx24 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.
>
> This schedule moves the RDP1 and RDP2 start dates back one week to 
> better avoid running into the holidays like we usually do. This will 
> give one extra week before RDP1 starts and one less week during RDP2 
> (we historically have few fixes coming in during RDP2). We intend to 
> use this as the new formula for computing the release schedule going 
> forward.
>
> Please let Johan or me know if you have any questions.
>
> -- Kevin
>