Re: Release Announcement: General Availability of Java 13 / JDK 13

[Rory O'Donnell]

Thanks for the update Martin!

On 24/09/2019 06:35, Martin Grigorov wrote:

Hi Rory,

Everything is OK with build 14 of JDK 14!
JDK 13 GA is still build 33 which we tested few months ago.

Regards,
Martin

On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 11:39 PM Rory O'Donnell <rory.odonn...@oracle.com <mailto:rory.odonn...@oracle.com>> wrote:

      Hi Martin,

    *Release Announcement: General Availability of Java 13 / JDK 13 [1] *

      * JDK 13, the reference implementation of Java 13, is now Generally
        Available.
      * GPL-licensed OpenJDK builds from Oracle are available here:
    https://jdk.java.net/13
      * Release notes - https://jdk.java.net/13/release-notes

    This release includes the following five features:

      * 350: Dynamic CDS Archives
      * 351: ZGC: Uncommit Unused Memory
      * 353: Reimplement the Legacy Socket API
      * 354: Switch Expressions (Preview)
      * 355: Text Blocks (Preview)

    Along with many smaller enhancements and bug fixes.

    Thanks to everyone who contributed JDK 13, whether by creating
    features
    or enhancements, logging  bugs, or downloading and testing the
    early-access builds.

    *JDK 14 EA build 14, under both the GPL and Oracle EA licenses, is
    now
    available at **http://jdk.java.net/14**.*

      * JEPs targeted to JDK 14, so far
          o 352 - Non-Volatile Mapped Byte Buffers
            <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/352>
      * Release Notes
          o https://jdk.java.net/14/release-notes
      * Recent Bug fixes of Interest
          o Build 14:
              + 8229785: MethodType::fromMethodDescriptorString requires
                "getClassLoader" permission
              + 8212117: Classes are now loaded and linked by
    Class.forName()
              + 8228854: Default ErrorListener No Longer Reports Warnings
                and Errors to the Console
      * Changes in this build
       
    
<https://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk/jdk/log?rev=reverse%28%22jdk-14%2B13%22%3A%3A%22jdk-14%2B14%22-%22jdk-14%2B13%22%29&revcount=1000>
        [14]

    *Quality Report for September 2019 is available*

      *
    
https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/quality/Quality+Outreach+report+September+2019

    Rgds,Rory

    [1]
    https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk-dev/2019-September/003335.html

-- Rgds,Rory O'Donnell

    Quality Engineering Manager
    Oracle EMEA, Dublin,Ireland

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Rgds, Rory O'Donnell
Quality Engineering Manager
Oracle EMEA, Dublin, Ireland