Update release notes for 8u292-b05-shenandoah-merge-2021-03-11.
Extend s390 patch to fix issue caused by JDK-8252660 backport and lack of JDK-8188813 in 8u.
Revise JDK-8252660 s390 failure to make _soft_max_size a jlong so pointer types are accurate.
Update release notes for 8u282-b01.
Switch to EA mode.
Remove PR3601, covered upstream by JDK-8062808.
Remove upstreamed JDK-8197981/PR3548, JDK-8062808/PR3548 & JDK-8254177.
Extend RH1750419 alt-java fix to include external debuginfo, following JDK-8252395
Adapt JDK-8143245 patch, following JDK-8254166
Switch to GA mode for final release.
Update release notes for 8u272 release.
Add backport of JDK-8254177 to update to tzdata 2020b
Require tzdata 2020b due to resource changes in JDK-8254177
Adjust JDK-8062808/PR3548 following constantPool.hpp context change in JDK-8243302
Adjust PR3593 following g1StringDedupTable.cpp context change in JDK-8240124 & JDK-8244955
Switch to GA mode for final release.
Update release notes for 8u262 release.
Split JDK-8042159 patch into per-repo patches as upstream.
Update JDK-8042159 JDK patch to apply after JDK-8238002 changes to Awt2dLibraries.gmk
Remove issues in NEWS file duplicated between 8u252 & 8u262 releases.