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<p>Hi David & Richard,<b><br>
</b> </p>
<p><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginal"><b>JDK 12 Early Access
build 15 is available at : - jdk.java.net/12/</b></span></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2
level1 lfo3;tab-stops:list .5in">JDK 12 Schedule is confirmed.</li>
<ul>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2
level1 lfo3;tab-stops:list .5in">2018/12/13 <a
href="http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/3#rdp-1">Rampdown Phase
One</a></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2
level1 lfo3;tab-stops:list .5in">2019/01/17 <a
href="http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/3#rdp-2">Rampdown Phase
Two</a></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2
level1 lfo3;tab-stops:list .5in">2019/02/07 <a
href="http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/3#rc">Release-Candidate
Phase</a></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2
level1 lfo3;tab-stops:list .5in">2019/03/19 General
Availability</li>
</ul>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2
level1 lfo3;tab-stops:list .5in"><span
style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginal"><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Release
Notes for JDK 12 [</span></span><span
style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginal"><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";color:windowtext">1</span></span><span
style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginal"><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">]</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2
level1 lfo3;tab-stops:list .5in">JEPs targeted to JDK 12, so far</li>
<ul>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2
level1 lfo3;tab-stops:list .5in"><span
style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginal"><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman"">325: Switch Expressions (Preview [2]) -
Integrated<br>
</span></span></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2
level1 lfo3;tab-stops:list .5in"><span
style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginal"><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman"">326: Raw String Literals (Preview [2]) </span></span><span
style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginal"><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman""><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginal"><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman"">- Integrated</span></span><br>
</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2
level1 lfo3;tab-stops:list .5in"><span
style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginal"><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman"">340: <a
href="http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/340">One AArch64
Port, Not Two</a> - </span></span><span
style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginal"><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman"">Targeted</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2
level1 lfo3;tab-stops:list .5in"><span
style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginal"><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman"">341: <a
href="http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/341">Default CDS
Archives </a></span></span><span
style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginal"><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman""><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginal"><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman"">- Integrated</span></span></span></span></li>
</ul>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2
level1 lfo3;tab-stops:list .5in">Important fixes since last
email</li>
<ul>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2
level1 lfo3;tab-stops:list .5in">(b15) Implementation of JEP
341: Default CDS Archives<br>
<span class="issuelink"></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2
level1 lfo3;tab-stops:list .5in"><span class="issuelink">(b14)
</span>LDAPS Communication Failure <span class="issuelink">(<a
href="https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8211107">JDK-8211107</a>)
<br>
</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2
level1 lfo3;tab-stops:list .5in"><span class="issuelink">(b14)
</span>Support dns_canonicalize_hostname in krb5.conf <span
class="issuelink">(<a
href="https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8210821">JDK-8210821</a>)</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2
level1 lfo3;tab-stops:list .5in"><span class="issuelink">(b14)
</span>Removal of com.sun.awt.SecurityWarning Class <span
class="issuelink">(<a
href="https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8210692">JDK-8210692</a>)</span></li>
</ul>
<ul>
</ul>
</ul>
<br>
<b>JDK 8u202 planning [3]</b><br>
<ul>
<li> 8u202 is proposed to be the last Oracle led release for this
OpenJDK Project. <br>
</li>
<li>A proposed timeline is as follows :</li>
<ul>
<li>July 2018 8u-dev forest begins collecting 8u202 fixes</li>
<li>Mid October 2018 RampDown 2</li>
<li>Mid January 2019 GA</li>
</ul>
</ul>
<p>Rgds, Rory</p>
<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginal"> [</span><span
style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginal"><span style="color:windowtext">1</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>
[2] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/12">http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/12</a><br>
[3] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk8u-dev/2018-September/007923.html">http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk8u-dev/2018-September/007923.html</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>
<a
href="https://download.java.net/java/early_access/jmc7/core/common/docs/api/overview-summary.html"><span
style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginal"><span
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New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi"></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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