Stewart X Addison

> > Maybe it should be java 17 now ;-) > Tried. Can't find a Java 17 JRE for AIX via the api.adoptopenjdk.net rest API we're using in the Ansible...

Add item into "week before" or "on release week" [checklist ](https://github.com/adoptium/adoptium/blob/main/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/release-checklist.md)to explicitly list the aqaReference to be used for the release cycle so it can easily be copied into place...

> One way to mitigate this could be by running the 'fast to build' platforms together and separating the 'slow to build' platforms into a second run. We had certainly...

Can we lock the artifacts of the individual jdkXX- build jobs when RELEASE=true for the duration of the release cycle in case installe/signingr re-runs are required

FOr the "pre-release" test runs, look at step in the process to delete the jobs afterwards so they are not preserved, which takes space on the server and potentially causes...

Encourage those involved in the releases to get any absences listed in the status document under the "Planned absences during the release cycle" section

Perhaps adjust order of columns in the status doc to indicate the "natural" order that things would be completed i.e. AQA-TCK-Publish-Installers-Containers instead of AQA-TCK-Installers-Containers-publish as it is currently.

Ensure that if someone is working on a platform and has a planned absence that someone else is in a position to take over and given appropriate hand-over, or we...

Understand the following: - How to handle "point releases" versioning given that the update that may only affect some platforms in terms of installers and container image creation. - Clarify...

Clarify some of the field descriptions on the create_installer_windows (maybe others) jobs. It says JDK should be "openj9" or "hotspot" whereas the likely option now is "temurin". Also ensure that...