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<p><font size="+1">Hi Jason/Tomaz, </font> </p>
<p><b>JDK 9 Early Access</b> <a
href="https://jdk9.java.net/download/">b162</a> is available on
java.net, summary of changes are listed <a
href="http://download.java.net/java/jdk9/changes/jdk-9+162.html">here
</a>.</p>
There is one fix for a bug reported by Open Source projects since
the last availability email :<br>
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<li>b161 - JDK 8176265
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<span>Method overload resolution on a covariant base type
doesn't work in 9</span></li>
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Other change that maybe of interest:
<ul>
<li>b162 - JDK 8176503 security-libs Disable SHA-1 TLS Server
Certificates</li>
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<br>
<b>Better tools for adjusting to strong encapsulation -</b> please
read Mark Reinhold's email on this topic [1]<br>
<b><br>
</b> <b>Quality Outreach Report for March 2017 </b>is available
[2], many thanks for your continued support <br>
and welcome to the new projects!<br>
<br>
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<b><b><b>Schedule - </b></b>JDK 9 Rampdown Phase 2</b>: Proposal
accepted [3]. <br>
The overall goal of this process is to ensure that we fix just the
bugs that must be fixed in order to ensure a successful release.<br>
<br>
Oracle's JRE and JDK Cryptographic Roadmap has been updated since
last availability email [4]<br>
<br>
Rgds,Rory<br>
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[1] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jigsaw-dev/2017-March/011763.html">http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jigsaw-dev/2017-March/011763.html</a><br>
[2] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/quality/Quality+Outreach+report+March+2017">https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/quality/Quality+Outreach+report+March+2017</a><br>
[3] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk9-dev/2017-March/005689.html">http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk9-dev/2017-March/005689.html</a><br>
[4] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.java.com/en/jre-jdk-cryptoroadmap.html">https://www.java.com/en/jre-jdk-cryptoroadmap.html</a><br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Rgds,Rory O'Donnell
Quality Engineering Manager
Oracle EMEA , Dublin, Ireland </pre>
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