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

[Alex Buckley]

The proposed schedule for Java SE 8 was adopted today:

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: Proposed new schedule for Java SE 8
> Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2013 09:48:26 -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
>
> 2013/4/18 2:28 -0700, mark.reinhold at oracle.com:
>> ...
>>
>> 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
>>
>> ...
>>
>> 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.
>
> I've seen no objections from EG members.  Reasonably broad community
> support for this change has been expressed in comments on my blog entry,
> on Twitter, and elsewhere.  The above schedule is, therefore, now the
> plan of record.
>
> I've updated our primary web page [1] accordingly.
>
> - Mark
>
>
> [1] http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk8/spec/