JDK 14 enters Rampdown Phase One next week

JDK 14 enters Rampdown Phase One next week, on Thursday, 12 December. Changes intended for JDK 14 should be in the main-line repository (https://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk/jdk) by 16:00 UTC on that day [1]. At that time we’ll fork jdk/jdk to the JDK 14 stabilization repository, jdk/jdk14, and promote next week’s build (jdk-14+27) and all remaining JDK 14 builds from there. We'll semi-automatically merge changes pushed to jdk/jdk14 into the main-line jdk/jdk repository, as we have in previous feature-release transitions. This means that: - If you make a change in JDK 14 then you needn't do any extra work to get it into the main line, though if a merge conflict arises then you might be asked to help resolve it. - If you need to make a change in both JDK 14 and the main line then just push it to JDK 14, and wait for the automatic merge to complete. Changes pushed to jdk/jdk after 16:00 UTC next Thursday will be bound for JDK 15 only, unless they're back-ported. The jdk/submit repo will continue to be for main-line (jdk/jdk) work. We’ll set up a jdk/submit14 repo for jdk/jdk14 work. The Rampdown Phase One process is defined in JEP 3 [2]. - Mark [1] https://time.is/1600_12_Dec_2019_in_UTC?JDK_14_Rampdown_Phase_One [2] https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/3