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<font size="+1">Hi Jason/Tomaz, </font>
<p><b><b>JDK 11 EA build 8, </b></b><b><b><b>under both the GPL and
Oracle EA licenses, is now available at </b><b><a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://jdk.java.net/11">http://jdk.java.net/11</a></b><b>
. </b></b><br>
</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Newly approved Schedule, status & features<br>
</li>
<ul>
<li><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk/11/">http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk/11/</a><br>
</li>
</ul>
<li>Release Notes:</li>
<ul>
<li><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://jdk.java.net/11/release-notes">http://jdk.java.net/11/release-notes</a></li>
</ul>
<li>Summary of changes </li>
<ul>
<li><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://download.java.net/java/early_access/jdk11/5/jdk-11+5.html">https://download.java.net/java/early_access/jdk11/8/jdk-11+8.html</a></li>
</ul>
</ul>
<b>Notable changes in JDK 11 EA builds since last email:</b><br>
<ul>
<ul>
</ul>
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<ul>
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Build 8: <br>
</li>
<ul>
<li>If you have a library that uses the Selector API heavily
then now would be a good time to test it out. [1] <br>
</li>
</ul>
<li>Build 7<br>
</li>
<ul>
<li>The VM option "-XX:+AggressiveOpts" is deprecated in JDK 11
and will be removed in a future release. </li>
</ul>
<li>Build 6:<br>
</li>
<ul>
<li>JDK-8193033 : remove terminally deprecated
sun.misc.Unsafe.defineClass. Users should use the public
replacement
`java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles.Lookup.defineClass` which was
added in Java SE 9. [2] </li>
</ul>
</ul>
<p><b> </b> </p>
<br>
<b>SURVEY: The HotSpot Serviceability Agent (SA) </b>[3]
<ul>
<li> If you have used, or have (support) processes that utilize
the Serviceability Agent or related APIs, then we would
definitely appreciate if you would complete this survey: <a
href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CF3MYDL">https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CF3MYDL</a></li>
</ul>
<br>
Regards,<br>
Rory<br>
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[1] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/nio-dev/2018-April/004964.html">http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/nio-dev/2018-April/004964.html</a><br>
[2] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/9/docs/api/java/lang/invoke/MethodHandles.Lookup.html#defineClass-byte:A">https://docs.oracle.com/javase/9/docs/api/java/lang/invoke/MethodHandles.Lookup.html#defineClass-byte:A</a>-
<br>
[3] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk-dev/2018-April/001052.html">http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk-dev/2018-April/001052.html</a><br>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Rgds,Rory O'Donnell
Quality Engineering Manager
Oracle EMEA , Dublin, Ireland </pre>
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