Proposed schedule for JDK 9

Here is a proposed schedule for JDK 9: 2015-12-10 Feature Complete 2016-02-04 All Tests Run 2016-02-25 Rampdown Start 2016-04-21 Zero Bug Bounce 2016-06-16 Rampdown Phase 2 2016-07-21 Final Release Candidate 2016-09-22 General Availability The dates here are meant to leave sufficient time for broad review and testing of the significant features of the release, in particular the introduction of a module system and the modularization of the platform, while maintaining the cadence of shipping a major release about every two years. The milestone definitions are the same as those for JDK 8 [1]. Comments from JDK 9 Committers are welcome, as are reasoned objections. If no such objections are raised by 23:00 UTC next Tuesday, 12 May, or if they're raised and then satisfactorily answered, then per the JEP 2.0 process proposal [2] this will be adopted as the schedule for JDK 9. (This information is also available on the JDK 9 Project Page [3]). - Mark [1] http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk8/milestones#definitions [2] http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~mr/jep/jep-2.0-02.html [3] http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk9/