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Everybody is encouraged to submit fixes for OpenJDK 11 by dropping creating a mail pull request to the jdk-updatesjdk11u-dev mailing list Git repository.  Established Established community members will help new developers without commit access in getting their patch reviewed. For details on the process involved, continue reading here.

Should you not be willing or not be able to drive a fix into JDK 11 updates, you can still suggest changes by dropping a mail to the jdk-updates-dev mailing list. But by only doing that, you are at the grace of the community to pick up your suggestion.

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During the later stages of a release cycle, the release enters rampdown. The master jdk11u repository contains the latest version of that release, while the jdk11u-dev repository is used to start work on the next release. If a change needs to be pushed to a release in rampdown, push approval can still be requested using the jdk11u-critical-request label. As the name of this tag suggests, this process is intended for fixes such as major regressions that must make the release. More minor bugs and new features should go in the next release being developed in jdk11u-dev. The maintainers may approve with jdk11u-critical-yes, defer to jdk11u-dev or reject altogether. Outstanding approvals for critical fixes can be monitored here. If, and only if, the fix gets approved with jdk11u-critical-yes, it may be pushed to the jdk11u repository. Approved critical fixes show up in this JBS filter (login required).

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jdk11u: Repository used for Rampdown of JDK 11 Update releases. Pushes only during 4-weeks rampdown period after jdk11u-critical-yes approval. Check here for clearance.

Timelines

OpenJDK 11.0.11

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OpenJDK 11.0.12

• Wednesday, March 3 2021: jdk11u-dev repo open (tag: 11.0.12+0)
• Tuesday, May 4 2021: First merge from jdk11u-dev to jdk11u (tag: 11.0.12+1)
• Tuesday, June 1 2021: Rampdown; last merge from jdk11u-dev to jdk11u
• Tuesday, June 29 2021: Last tag before code freeze
• Tuesday, July 20 2021 GA; OpenJDK 11.0.12 released (tag: jdk-11.0.12-ga)

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