Hi
Julien,
Per the JDK 17 schedule , we are now in
the Release Candidate Phase [1][2].
Please advise if you find any issues
while testing the latest Early Access builds.
- Schedule:
- 2021/08/05 Initial Release
Candidate
- 2021/08/19 Final Release Candidate
- 2021/09/14 General Availability
The overall feature set is frozen. No
further JEPs will be targeted to this release.
- Features integrated in JDK
17:
OpenJDK 17 Early Access build 35 is available at https://jdk.java.net/17
- These early-access ,
open-source builds are provided under the
- Release Notes are
available at https://jdk.java.net/17/release-notes
- Changes in recent builds
that maybe of interest:
- JDK-8270866: NPE in DocTreePath.getTreePath() [build 33]
Topics of
Interest:
- The latest Newscast covers 17's JEP 356: Enhanced
Pseudo-Random Number Generators - Here
- The latest JEP Café cover 17's JEP 409 : Sealed
Classes - Here
- A few updates to JEP 411:
Deprecate the Security Manager for Removal - Here
OpenJDK 18 Early Access build 9 is available at
https://jdk.java.net/18
- These
early-access , open-source builds are provided under the
- Release Notes are available at
https://jdk.java.net/18/release-notes
-
Changes in recent builds that maybe of interest:
-
JDK-8225082: Remove IdenTrust certificate that is expiring in
September 2021 [build 9]
-
JDK-8251329: Zip File System Provider Throws ZipException when
entry name element contains "." or ".." [build 9]
-
JDK-8271359: NPE in
DocTreePath.getTreePath() [build 8]
July 2021 Critical Patch Update Released
- As part of the July 2021, we released JDK 16.0.2, JDK 11.0.12
LTS, JDK 8u301 and JDK 7u311 as well as OpenJDK 16.0.2 (publicly
available)
Rgds,Rory
[1] https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk-dev/2021-August/005894.html
[2] https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk-dev/2021-August/005906.html
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Rgds, Rory O'Donnell
Quality Engineering Manager
Oracle EMEA, Dublin, Ireland