[eclipse-dev] Oxygen 1a and R4_7_maintenance

["Daniel Megert" <daniel_megert@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I assume all of you heard about the upcoming
Oxygen 1a release that ONLY contains changes for Java 9 and JUnit 5.

Here is the approved schedule for Oxygen
1a: https://wiki.eclipse.org/Planning_Council/September_6_2017#Java_9_release

So far Oxygen 1 has not been declared
and R4_7_maintenance is closed. If no issue arises on the train (projects)
for RC4. we will declare Oxygen 1 this Friday and then open R4_7_maintenance
for the next official release, which is Oxygen 1a where ONLY JUnit 5 and
Java 9 related changes are allowed. All other changes must be contributed
after Oxygen 1a is out on October 11.

Of course preparing Gerrit changes against
R4_7_maintenance is allowed, just merging them is not allowed.

Dani