As a reminder, Rampdown Phase 1 (RDP1) for JavaFX 18 starts on January
13, 2022 at 16:00 UTC (08:00 Pacific time), which is ten days from today.
During rampdown of JavaFX 18, the "master" branch of the jfx repo will
be open for JavaFX 19 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 by Thursday, January 6, or it is likely to miss the
window for this release, in which case it can be targeted for JavaFX 19.
We will follow the same process as in previous releases for getting
fixes into JavaFX 18 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 11/16/2021 7:36 AM, Kevin Rushforth wrote:
Here is the proposed schedule for JavaFX 18.
RDP1: Jan 13, 2022 (aka “feature freeze”)
RDP2: Feb 3, 2022
Freeze: Feb 24, 2022
GA: Mar 15, 2022
We plan to fork a jfx18 stabilization branch at RDP1. The GA date is
one week ahead of JDK 18, matching what we did for 17.
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
