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Very early, e.g. 6 months before GA	Publish timeline on Wiki page
	Create release specific JBS filters, e.g. for monitoring backports to keep in sync with Oracle
~ 6 weeks before GA	Merge jdk8u-dev to jdk8u: 1. On jdk8u-dev repository (and all its subrepositories): `hg pull -u` 2. On jdk8u repository (and all its subrepositories): `hg pull -u` `hg pull <jdk8u-dev repository location>` `hg merge` `hg commit -m "Merge"` `hg push ssh://<userid>@hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8u/jdk8u{/subrepository}`
	Announce (short) freeze of jdk8u-dev for preparation of release 8u<release after n>on the mailing list
	Set status of jdk8u-dev to "closed" and jdk8u to "accepting fixes for 8u<n>" in Wiki
	Tag jdk8u-dev (and all its subrepositories) with jdk8u<release after n>-b00: `hg pull -u` `hg tag jdk8u<release after n>+b00` `hg push ssh://<userid>@hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8u/jdk8u-dev{/subrepository}`
	Request new JBS version openjdk8u<release after n> and change of hgupdater settings for jdk8u-dev codeline to honor new version on push
	Update JBS filter https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/issues/?filter=36562 that shows eligible critical fixes Add version openjdk8u<n> to fixVersion
	Await confirmation for hgupdater change, then update Wiki to set status of jdk8u-dev to "accepting changes for 8u<release after n>", announce opening of jdk8u-dev for new release on mailing list
	Update https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/issues/?filter=3641236427 that shows eligible fixes for pushing Add version 11.0.<n+1> openjdk8u<release after n> to fixVersion
~6 weeks before GA until ~2 weeks before GA in a weekly rythm initial tag (b1b01) to be done right after merge from jdk11ujdk8u-dev	Tag jdk11u jdk8u and merge back to jdk11ujdk8u-dev: 1. On jdk11u repositoryjdk8u (and all its subrepositories): `hg pull -u` `hg tag` `jdk-11.0.jdk8u<n>+<b>b<b>` `hg push` `ssh://<userid>@hg<userid>@hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk-updates/jdk11ujdk8u/jdk8u{/subrepository}` 2. On jdk11ujdk8u-dev repository(and all its subrepositories): `hg pull -u` `hg pull <jdk11u<jdk8u-dev repository location> -r <change id of tag change>` `hg merge` `hg commit -m "Merge"` `hg push ssh://<userid>@hg<userid>@hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk-updatesjdk8u/jdk11ujdk8u-dev{/subrepository}`
release day, when security changes and jdk-11.0.<n>jdk8u<n>-ga tag have been pushed	Sync ga tag back to jdk1ujdk8u-dev: 1. On jdk11u repositoryjdk8u (and all its subrepositories): `hg pull -u` 2. On jdk11ujdk8u-dev repository(and all its subrepositories): `hg pull -u` `hg pull <jdk11u<jdk8u-dev repository location> -r <change id of ga tag>` `hg merge` `hg commit -m "Merge"` `hg push ssh://<userid>@hg<userid>@hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk-updatesjdk8u/jdk11ujdk8u-dev{/subrepository}`
	Set status of jdk11u jdk8u to "closed"
	Request new hgupdater setting for jdk11u jdk8u codeline to honor version 11.0.<n+1> openjdk8u<release after n> on push

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