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Q: Timing wise, when do I need to file a CSR request?
A: A CSR request needs to be filed and approved before the corresponding change is pushed to a JDK release line of development. In exceptional circumstances, the need for a CSR review may be recognized only after a push has already occurred. In such cases, a retroactive CSR review can be conducted. The results of such a retroactive review may require updates to the change, up to and including complete removal of the change.

Q: Is there tooling support to help manage CSRs approvals and integrating bug fixes?
A: The Skara tooling for Git has a pull request command to indicate a change needs an approved CSR before it can be integrated.

Q: How long does a CSR review take?
A: The size of CSR requests varies over several orders of magnitudes. Large requests should expected to take longer to review than small ones. The CSR strives to complete its initial review of a proposal within one week. If the CSR has feedback, the time its takes for an engineer working on the proposal to respond to and act upon the feedback may take more than one week after the proposal was submitted to the CSR.

Q: I have a deadline coming up. Can I ask for the CSR for an expedited review?
A: Engineers are responsible for factoring in a reasonable amount of time for CSR review ahead of any integration deadline, anticipating that the CSR might have feedback which requires the proposal to be updated. While engineers are free to request an expedited review from the CSR, the CSR is free to decline such requests.

Q: If my change needs a CSR review and a code review, which should I do first?
A: To take a common case of a Java API change, there is some overlap between the factors considered in a general code review and the factors considered by the CSR when reviewing the specification and compatibility impact. (CSR members often participate in code reviews in addition to their reviews in CSR roles.) An engineer may choose to run the CSR process and code review in parallel, but feedback from either channel may be received which requires updates to the proposal in the other channel. If an engineer chooses to sequence code review and CSR review, to minimize latency the process expected to provide more feedback should be run first.

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