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Comment: Add Freeze period between end of Rampdown and Release

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When	What
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
Weekly During Initial Stage	Merge jdk8u-dev to jdk8u: 1. On jdk8u-dev repository (and all its subrepositories): `hg pull -u` hg tag jdk8u<n>-b<build> 2. On jdk8u repository (and all its subrepositories): `hg pull <jdk8u-dev repository location>` ... after successful testing ... `hg push ssh://<userid>@hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8u/jdk8u{/subrepository}`
Rampdown	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=36427 that shows eligible fixes for pushing Add version openjdk8u<release after n> to fixVersion
Weekly During Rampdown	Tag jdk8u and merge back to jdk8u-dev: 1. On jdk8u (and all its subrepositories): `hg pull -u` `hg tag` `jdk8u<n>-b<build>` ... after successful testing ... `hg push` `ssh://<userid>@hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8u/jdk8u{/subrepository}` 2. On jdk8u-dev (and all its subrepositories): `hg pull -u` `hg pull <jdk8u repository location>` `hg merge` `hg commit -m "Merge"` ... after successful build ... `hg push ssh://<userid>@hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8u/jdk8u-dev{/subrepository}`
Freeze	Announce freeze of jdk8u for preparation of release 8u<n> on the mailing list. No more changes will be added to the public tree before release day. Security changes will be prepared in private.
	Set status of jdk8u to "closed" on the Wiki
Release day, once security changes and jdk8u<n>-ga tag have been pushed	Sync ga tag back to jdk8u-dev: 1. On jdk8u (and all its subrepositories): `hg pull -u` 2. On jdk8u-dev (and all its subrepositories): `hg pull -u` `hg pull <jdk8u repository location>` `hg merge` `hg commit -m "Merge"` ... after successful build ... `hg push ssh://<userid>@hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8u/jdk8u-dev{/subrepository}` Set status of jdk8u to "closed"
	Request new hgupdater setting for jdk8u codeline to honor version openjdk8u<release after n> on push

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