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<p>Hi David & Richard,<b><br>
</b> </p>
<p><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginal"><b>JDK 11 build 28 is
our first JDK 11 Release Candidate [1]<br>
</b></span></p>
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11 </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginal"><span
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Roman";color:windowtext"></span></span><span
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build 28 is available at : - jdk.java.net/11/</span></span></li>
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<p><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginal"><b>JDK 12 Early Access
build 10 is available at : - jdk.java.net/12/</b></span></p>
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Notes for JDK 12 [</span></span><span
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Roman";color:windowtext">2</span></span><span
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12:</b></span></li>
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JDK 12:</b></span></li>
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<p><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginal"><b>FOSS bug fixes in
recent builds.</b></span></p>
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style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Apache
Ant - </span></span><a
href="https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8209965"><span
style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginal"><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman"">JDK-8209965</span></span><span
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(b09)</span></span></li>
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<p><b>Other important fixes in JDK 12</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Disabled all DES TLS Cipher Suites <span class="issuelink">(<a
href="https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8208350">JDK-8208350</a>)</span></li>
<ul>
<li><span class="issuelink">DES-based TLS cipher suites are
considered obsolete and should no longer be used</span></li>
</ul>
</ul>
<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginal"><b> JMC 7.0.0 Early Access
build 04 is available at :- </b></span><a
href="http://jdk.java.net/jmc/"><span
style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginal"><b>http://jdk.java.net/jmc/</b></span><span
style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginal"></span></a><span
style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginal"></span><br>
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- summary [4]</span></span></li>
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early-access, open-source builds are provided under the </span></span><a
href="https://opensource.org/licenses/UPL"><span
style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginal"><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman"">Universal Permissive License, version 1.0</span></span><span
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via the </span></span><a href="http://bugreport.java.com/"><span
style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginal"><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman"">http://bugreport.java.com/</span></span></a></li>
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application Build id from "Help" - "About JDK Mission
Control".</li>
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<p>Rgds, Rory</p>
<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginal">[1] <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk-dev/2018-August/001844.html">http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk-dev/2018-August/001844.html</a><br>
[</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginal"><span
style="color:windowtext">2</span>] </span><a
href="http://jdk.java.net/12/release-notes"><span
style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginal">http://jdk.java.net/12/release-notes</span></a><br>
[3] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/12">http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/12</a><a
href="http://jdk.java.net/12/release-notes"><span
style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginal"></span></a><span
style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginal"><span style="color:windowtext"></span></span><br>
<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginal"><span
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New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;color:windowtext">[4]
</span></span><a
href="https://download.java.net/java/early_access/jmc7/core/common/docs/api/overview-summary.html"><span
style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginal"><span
style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi">https://download.java.net/java/early_access/jmc7/core/common/docs/api/overview-summary.html</span></span></a>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Rgds,Rory O'Donnell
Quality Engineering Manager
Oracle EMEA , Dublin, Ireland </pre>
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