> Begin forwarded message: > > From: "Rory O'Donnell" <rory.odonn...@oracle.com> > Subject: Moving Java Forward Faster > Date: September 7, 2017 at 2:12:45 AM PDT > To: "strub...@yahoo.de >> Mark Struberg" <strub...@yahoo.de> > Cc: rory.odonn...@oracle.com, abdul.kolarku...@oracle.com, > balchandra.vai...@oracle.com, dalibor.to...@oracle.com, bui...@apache.org > Reply-To: bui...@apache.org > > Hi Mark & Gavin, > > Oracle is proposing a rapid release model for Java SE going-forward. > > The high points are highlighted below, details of the changes can be found on > Mark Reinhold’s blog [1] , OpenJDK discussion email list [2]. > > Under the proposed release model, after JDK 9, we will adopt a strict, > time-based model with a new major release every six months, update releases > every quarter, and a long-term support release every three years. > > The new JDK Project will run a bit differently than the past "JDK $N" > Projects: > > - The main development line will always be open but fixes, enhancements, and > features will be merged only when they're nearly finished. The main line will > be Feature Complete [3] at all times. > > - We'll continue to use the JEP Process [4] for new features and other > significant changes. The bar to target a JEP to a specific release will, > however, be higher since the work must be Feature Complete in order to go in. > Owners of large or risky features will be strongly encouraged to split such > features up into smaller and safer parts, to integrate earlier in the release > cycle, and to publish separate lines of early-access builds prior to > integration. > > The JDK Updates Project will run in much the same way as the past "JDK $N" > Updates Projects, though update releases will be strictly limited to fixes of > security issues, regressions, and bugs in newer features. > > Related to this proposal, we intend to make a few changes in what we do: > > - Starting with JDK 9 we'll ship OpenJDK builds under the GPL [5], to make it > easier for developers to deploy Java applications to cloud environments. > We'll initially publish OpenJDK builds for Linux/x64, followed later by > builds for macOS/x64 and Windows/x64. > > - We'll continue to ship proprietary "Oracle JDK" builds, which include > "commercial features" [6] such as Java Flight Recorder and Mission Control > [7], under a click-through binary-code license [8]. Oracle will continue to > offer paid support for these builds. > > - After JDK 9 we'll open-source the commercial features in order to make the > OpenJDK builds more attractive to developers and to reduce the differences > between those builds and the Oracle JDK. This will take some time, but the > ultimate goal is to make OpenJDK and Oracle JDK builds completely > interchangeable. > > - Finally, for the long term we'll work with other OpenJDK contributors to > establish an open build-and-test infrastructure. This will make it easier to > publish early-access builds for features in development, and eventually make > it possible for the OpenJDK Community itself to publish authoritative builds > of the JDK. > > Questions , comments, feedback to OpenJDK discuss mailing list [2] > > Rgds,Rory > > [1]https://mreinhold.org/blog/forward-faster > [2]http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/discuss/2017-September/004281.html > [3]http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk8/milestones#Feature_Complete > [4]http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/0 > [5]http://openjdk.java.net/legal/gplv2+ce.html > [6]http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/terms/products/index.html > [7]http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javaseproducts/mission-control/index.html > [8]http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/terms/license/index.html >
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