*Hi Rick, *

*Per the JDK 16 schedule , we are in the Release Candidate Phase**[1] .*

*Please advise if you find any issues while testing the latest Early Access builds.*

 * Schedule for JDK 16
     o *2021/02/04 Initial Release Candidate*
     o 2021/02/18 Final Release Candidate
     o 2021/03/16 General Availability
 * Release Notes [2]

OpenJDK 16 Early Access build 35**is now available at http://jdk.java.net/16 <http://jdk.java.net/16>

 * These early-access, open-source builds are provided under the GNU
   General Public License, version 2, with the Classpath Exception
   <http://openjdk.java.net/legal/gplv2+ce.html>.
 * Features [3] - the overall feature set is frozen. No further JEPs
   will be targeted to this release.
 * Changes in recent builds that maybe of interest:
     o Build 34:
         + JDK-8259025: Record compact constructor using
           Objects.requireNonNull
             # Reported by JUnit5
     o Build 32:
         + JDK-8259014: Incomplete support for Unix domain sockets in
           Windows 2019 Server

 * JDK 16 - topics of interest:
     o Unix domain socket channels (JEP-380) overview:
       https://inside.java/2021/02/03/jep380-unix-domain-sockets-channels/
       <https://inside.java/2021/02/03/jep380-unix-domain-sockets-channels/>
     o Java Feature Spotlight: Pattern Matching
       https://inside.java/2021/01/22/feature-spotlight-pattern-matching/
       <https://inside.java/2021/01/22/feature-spotlight-pattern-matching/>
     o Foreign Memory Access - Pulling all the thread
       https://inside.java/2021/01/25/memory-access-pulling-all-the-threads/
       <https://inside.java/2021/01/25/memory-access-pulling-all-the-threads/>
 * General – topic of interest:
     o Inside Java Episode 11 “How to contribute to OpenJDK” with
       Stuart Marks and Jesper Wilhelmsson
       https://inside.java/2021/01/29/podcast-011/
       <https://inside.java/2021/01/29/podcast-011/>


Project Lanai EA 9 Build 17-lanai+2-49 (2021/1/20) <http://jdk.java.net/lanai/> is available now

 * These early-access builds are provided under the GNU General Public
   License, version 2, with the Classpath Exception
   <http://openjdk.java.net/legal/gplv2+ce.html>
 * EA builds are intended for developers looking to test and provide
   feedback on using Project Lanai.
 * This is a macOS-specific project which implements a new Java 2D
   graphics rendering pipeline for macOS.
 * Project Lanai Wiki: https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/lanai/Main
   <https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/lanai/Main>
 * Please send feedback via e-mail to lanai-...@openjdk.java.net
   <mailto:lanai-...@openjdk.java.net>. To send e-mail to this address
   you must first subscribe to the mailing list
   <https://mail.openjdk.java.net/mailman/listinfo/lanai-dev>.

Project Loom Build 17-loom+2-42 (2021/1/14) <http://jdk.java.net/loom/> based on JDK-17+5 <https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/releases/tag/jdk-17%2B5> is available now

 * These early-access builds are provided under the GNU General Public
   License, version 2, with the Classpath Exception
   <http://openjdk.java.net/legal/gplv2+ce.html>
 * These builds are intended for developers looking to "kick the tyres"
   and provide feedback on using the API or by sending bug reports.
 * API Javadoc :
   https://download.java.net/java/early_access/loom/docs/api/
   <https://download.java.net/java/early_access/loom/docs/api/>
 * Please send feedback via e-mail to loom-...@openjdk.java.net
   <mailto:loom-...@openjdk.java.net>. To send e-mail to this address
   you must first subscribe to the mailing list
   <http://mail.openjdk.java.net/mailman/listinfo/loom-dev>.

OpenJDK 17 Early Access build 8**is now available at http://jdk.java.net/17 <http://jdk.java.net/17>

 * These early-access, open-source builds are provided under the GNU
   General Public License, version 2, with the Classpath Exception
   <http://openjdk.java.net/legal/gplv2+ce.html>.
 * Changes in recent builds that maybe of interest:
     o Build 8:
         + JDK-8222850: Misleading cascade compiler error in switch
           expression with undefined vars
             # Reported by jOOQ.
         + JDK-8217633: Configurable extensions with system properties
         + JDK-8249867: DOM LSSerializer control of newline after XML
           header
         + JDK-8256421: Added 2 HARICA Root CA Certificates
         + JDK-8259801: Enable XML Signature secure validation mode by
           default
     o Build 7:
         + JDK-8165276: Spec states to invoke the premain method in an
           agent class if it's public but implementation differs
         + JDK-8256895: Add support for RFC 8954: Online Certificate
           Status Protocol (OCSP) Nonce Extension
     o Build 6:
         + JDK-8259048: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2020f

January 2021 Critical Patch Update Released:

 * As part of the Jan 2021 CPU we released JDK 15.0.2, JDK 11.0.10 LTS,
   JDK 8u281, and JDK 7u291 as well as OpenJDK 15.0.2 (publicly available).

Rgds, Rory

[1] https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk-dev/2021-February/005062.html <https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk-dev/2021-February/005062.html> [2] https://jdk.java.net/16/release-notes <https://jdk.java.net/16/release-notes> [3] http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk/16/ <http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk/16/>

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

Reply via email to