Hi Stefan,
*JDK 8u152 **Early Access b01 <https://jdk8.java.net/download.html> *is
available on java.net
*JDK 9 Early Access* b159 <https://jdk9.java.net/download/> is
available on java.net, summary of changes are listed here
<http://download.java.net/java/jdk9/changes/jdk-9+159.html>.
There have been a number of fixes to bugs reported by Open Source
projects since the last availability email :
* b159 - JDK-8175261 : Per-protocol cache setting not working for JAR
URLConnection
* b158 - JDK-8173028 : Incorrect processing of supplementary-plane
characters in text fields
* b158 - JDK-8172967 : [macosx] Exception while working with layout
for text containing unmappable character
* b158 - JDK-8173804 : javadoc throws UnsupportedOperationException:
should not happen
* b157 - JDK-8174073 : NPE caused by @link reference to class
* b156 - JDK-8172726 : ForkJoin common pool retains a reference to the
thread context class loader
The following changeset is included in jdk-9+158:
http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk9/dev/jdk/rev/8b0d55e02f54
If you have a user-defined Policy implementation that grants
FilePermission on ${user.dir}/-, reading a file in the current directory
using its base name will fail. Still the same solution: Ensure that the
path used in permission granting has the same style as the one how you
access the file.
Setting -Djdk.security.filePermCompat=true will take you back to the
jdk-9+140 behavior.
Setting -Djdk.io.permissionsUseCanonicalPath=true will take you back to
the jdk8 behavior.
Feedback is welcome on jdk9-...@openjdk.java.net
Other areas of interest
* JDK 9 Developer Guide [1]
* JDK 9 Migration Guide [2]
* JDK Cryptographic Roadmap [3]
Finaly, Dalibor and I gave a presentation at FOSDEM the video is
available here [*4*]
Rgds,Rory
[1] http://docs.oracle.com/javase/9/javase-docs.htm
[2]
https://docs.oracle.com/javase/9/migrate/toc.htm#JSMIG-GUID-7744EF96-5899-4FB2-B34E-86D49B2E89B6
[3] https://www.java.com/en/jre-jdk-cryptoroadmap.html
[4] https://fosdem.org/2017/schedule/event/outreach/
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Rgds,Rory O'Donnell
Quality Engineering Manager
Oracle EMEA , Dublin, Ireland
