From ac1f86887384f0e3cf9becdeb9ee1e54fd4e60cb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Goetz Lindenmaier <goetz@openjdk.org>
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2024 07:35:01 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] 8343474: [updates] Customize README.md to specifics of update
 project

Reviewed-by: sgehwolf, lucy
Backport-of: 22d5e0d1f8849410abe40165b58f45f5e4293884
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 README.md | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 399e7cc311f..55e2a24a175 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
-# Welcome to the JDK!
+# Welcome to OpenJDK 17 Updates!
+
+The JDK 17 Updates project uses two GitHub repositories.
+Updates are continuously developed in the repository [jdk17u-dev](https://github.com/openjdk/jdk17u-dev). This is the repository usually targeted by contributors.
+The [jdk17u](https://github.com/openjdk/jdk17u) repository is used for rampdown of the update releases of jdk17u and only accepts critical changes that must make the next release during rampdown. (You probably do not want to target jdk17u).
+
+For more OpenJDK 17 updates specific information such as timelines and contribution guidelines see the [project wiki page](https://wiki.openjdk.org/display/JDKUpdates/JDK+17u/).
+
 
 For build instructions please see the
 [online documentation](https://openjdk.java.net/groups/build/doc/building.html),
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