Hi Stefan,
Early Access b01 <https://jdk8.java.net/download.html> for JDK 8u122 is
available on java.net.
Early Access b138 <https://jdk9.java.net/download/> for JDK 9 is
available on java.net, summary of changes are listed here
<http://download.java.net/java/jdk9/changes/jdk-9+138.html>.
Early Access b138 <https://jdk9.java.net/jigsaw/> (#5561) for JDK 9 with
Project Jigsaw is available on java.net, summary of changes are listed
here
<http://www.java.net/download/java/jigsaw/archive/138/binaries/jdk-9+138.html>.
There have been a number of fixes to bugs reported by Open Source
projects since the last availability email :
* 8038348 - b137 - Instance field load is replaced by wrong data Phi
* 8041480 - b137 - ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException when JTable contains
certain string
* 8145542 - b137 - The case failed automatically and thrown
java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException exception.
* 8151725 - b137 - [macosx] ArrayIndexOOB exception when displaying
Devanagari text in JEditorPane
There are two proposals requesting feedback via mailing lists :
- More proposals for open JPMS issues [1]
* One proposal to call out is #AwkwardStrongEncapsulation as this
proposes to change setAccessible(true) so that it can't be used to
break into non-public types/members in exported packages. This is a
non-issue when using setAccessible to get access to non-public
types/members of classes on the class path but will be an issue for
code that uses this method to break into JDK-internals. We would
appreciate as much help as possible testing these builds. If
InaccessibleObjectException is thrown then examine the stack trace
(run with -Dsun.reflect.debugModuleAccessChecks=true to uncover
failed access attempts in code that shallows exceptions). If it
looks like a library is attempting to access a non-public method or
field of a platform class and make sure to *submit a bug in the
issue tracker for the library.*
- Proposal to Reorganize source classes in src.zip by modules [2]
* This proposal might have a compatibility impact on IDEs or other
tools that look in src.zip
* Feedback via the jigsaw-dev mailing list
Other points of interest:
* JavaOne Presentations
o Recorded Presentations
<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdDhYMT2USoLdh4SZIsu_1g>
* JDK 9 Schedule change proposal
o for proposed schedule proposal see [3]
Rgds,Rory
[1]
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jigsaw-dev/2016-September/009365.html
[2]
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jigsaw-dev/2016-October/009550.html
[3]
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk9-dev/2016-September/004887.html
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Rgds,Rory O'Donnell
Quality Engineering Manager
Oracle EMEA , Dublin, Ireland
