[type-annos-observers] Proposed new schedule for Java SE 8

[Alex Buckley]

The Final Release of an Umbrella JSR necessarily includes a Reference 
Implementation which for Java SE 8 will be a build of OpenJDK's "JDK 8" 
project. To allow for coordination between various parties, the Final 
Release occurs a touch earlier than the "General Availability" flag day 
of OpenJDK's "JDK 8" project.

The above mirrors events in 2011 for the Final Release of the Umbrella 
JSR for Java SE 7 [1][2] versus the GA of OpenJDK's "JDK 7" project [3].

The above is independent of binary implementations of Java SE 8 from 
vendors like Oracle and IBM. Those implementations have their own 
"General Availability" dates which I expect will be close to the GA of 
OpenJDK's "JDK 8" project.

Alex

[1] http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=336
[2] https://blogs.oracle.com/henrik/entry/moving_to_openjdk_as_the
[3] http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk7/

On 4/18/2013 9:19 PM, Srikanth S Adayapalam wrote:
> Just a note that the inline text mentions "2014/2   Final Release"
> while the schedule page http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk8/ mentions
> March 18th as the GA.
>
> Srikanth.
>
> type-annotations-spec-experts-bounces at openjdk.java.net wrote on 04/19/2013
> 12:43:59 AM:
>
>> From: Alex Buckley <alex.buckley at oracle.com>
>> To: type-annotations-spec-experts <type-annotations-spec-
>> experts at openjdk.java.net>,
>> Date: 04/19/2013 12:43 AM
>> Subject: Proposed new schedule for Java SE 8
>> Sent by: type-annotations-spec-experts-bounces at openjdk.java.net
>>
>> Experts,
>>
>> Please see the proposal below from Mark Reinhold.
>>
>> I expect JSR 308 will have its Public Review around the same time as the
>> Public Review of the Java SE 8 JSR (337).
>>
>> Alex
>>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: Proposed new schedule for Java SE 8
>> Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2013 09:28:14 -0700
>> From: mark.reinhold at oracle.com
>> Reply-To: java-se-8-spec-observers at openjdk.java.net
>> To: java-se-8-spec-experts at openjdk.java.net
>>
>> As I wrote earlier today on my blog [1], the Java 8 schedule is no
>> longer achievable due to a renewed focus on security on the part of
>> all of us here at Oracle.
>>
>> There are many options for how to proceed from here, some of which I
>> discuss in the blog entry.  As I've written previously [2], the most
>> important work that's slipped is related to Project Lambda, the sole
>> driving feature of the release.  Our current estimate is that we can
>> finish the remaining work on Lambda by early May, about three months
>> later than planned.  The other remaining features are not release
>> drivers, so in theory we could just drop them from the release, but
>> if Lambda needs more time then there's no point in doing that.
>>
>> With all that in mind, I think the least-bad option is to slip the
>> schedule just enough to finish Lambda.
>>
>> Here, then, is a proposed new schedule for the Java SE 8 JSR:
>>
>>     2013/6   Early Draft Review
>>     2013/10  Public Review
>>     2013/12  Proposed Final Draft
>>     2014/2   Final Release
>>
>> A Final Release in February of 2014 is, of course, more than three
>> months later than the current goal of August.  At this point we're not
>> confident that we could be ready to release the Reference Implementation,
>> JDK 8, in November, and experience has shown that it's almost always a
>> bad idea to try to ship a major software release in December, so that
>> pushes the release date well into the first quarter [3].
>>
>> The intent here is not to open the gates for a flood of new features,
>> nor to permit the scope of existing features to grow without bound.
>> We'd likely propose a select few additional features, especially in
>> areas related to security.  In general, however, we'd use the additional
>> time to stabilize, polish, and fine-tune the features that we already
>> have rather than add a bunch of new ones.
>>
>> Is this the best possible course of action?  I think it's better than
>> the alternatives, but I'm open to suggestions.  I'd like to hear from
>> the rest of you by this time next week, please, so that we can settle
>> on a new schedule.
>>
>> - Mark
>>
>>
>> [1] http://mreinhold.org/blog/secure-the-train
>> [2]
>> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk8-dev/2013-February/002066.html
>> [3] http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk8/
>>
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