#7403: OpenJDK-1.8.0.72
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Reporter: fo | Owner: pierre.labastie
Type: enhancement | Status: assigned
Priority: high | Milestone: 7.9
Component: BOOK | Version: SVN
Severity: normal | Resolution:
Keywords: |
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Comment (by fo):
Replying to [comment:8 pierre.labastie]:
> Replying to [comment:7 fo]:
> > What I read is that 8u71 has security fixes, but not 8u72, which they
told to be ''improvements''.
> >
> > But as we are going directly to 8u72, this one deserves it.
>
> As far as I understand, the process is this: (Open)JDK devs upload bug
fixes to the mercurial repository as they come, but CVE's are kept secret
until the next release. The releases then come in two pieces: 8u<n> has
only the security fixes, and 8u<n+1> adds the bug fixes.
Found it!!!
[https://blogs.oracle.com/java/entry/new_release_jdk_8u71_and]
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New Release JDK 8u71 and JDK 8u72
By Yolande Poirier-Oracle on Jan 19, 2016
JDK 8u71 and 8u72, two new Java 8 updates are now available. Oracle
strongly recommends that most Java SE users upgrade to the latest Java
8u71 CPU release, which includes important security fixes. Java SE 8u72
is a patch-set update, including all of 8u71 plus additional features.
}}}
Sorry if I was not exact, having used ''improvements'' instead of
'''additional features'''.
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