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<p>Hi David & Richard,<b><br>
</b> </p>
<p><b><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginal">JDK 12 Early Access
build 22 </span></b><b>is now available </b><span
style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginal"><b>at : - jdk.java.net/12/</b></span>
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<p> </p>
<ul>
<li>Per the JDK 12 schedule [1], we are now in Rampdown Phase One.</li>
<ul>
<li>For more details , see Mark Reinhold's email to jdk-dev
mailing list [2] </li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>The overall feature set is frozen, no further JEPs will be
targeted to this release.</li>
<li>We’ve forked the main-line source repository, jdk/jdk, to
the JDK 12 stabilization repository.</li>
</ul>
</ul>
<p>Changes since the last availability email<br>
</p>
<ul>
<li class=""><a href="http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/189" class="">JEP
189: Shenandoah: A Low-Pause-Time Garbage Collector
(Experimental)</a> moved to <b class="">Targeted</b>.</li>
<li class=""><a href="http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/334" class="">JEP
334: JVM Constants API</a> moved to <b class="">Targeted</b>.</li>
<li class=""><a href="http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/344" class="">JEP
344: Abortable Mixed Collections for G1</a> moved to <b
class="">Targeted</b>.</li>
<li class=""><a href="http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/346" class="">JEP
346: Promptly Return Unused Committed Memory from G1</a> to <b
class="">Targeted</b>.</li>
<li class=""><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/326">JEP 326: Raw String
Literals</a> (Preview) <b>Proposed to drop from JDK 12</b></li>
<ul>
<li class="">link to proposal on <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk-dev/2018-December/002402.html">jdk-dev</a></li>
</ul>
</ul>
<p>Bug fixes reported by Open Source Projects :</p>
<ul>
<ul>
<li><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8211051">JDK-8211051</a>
- fixed in b22 - reported by JUnit5</li>
<li><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8211422">JDK-8211422</a>
- fixed in b23 - reported by Apache Batik</li>
</ul>
</ul>
<ul>
<ul>
</ul>
</ul>
The <a href="https://java.com/cryptoroadmap" class="">Java Crypto
Roadmap</a> has been updated with the following target:<br>
<ul>
<li>With the 2019-04-16 CPU, <br>
</li>
<ul>
<li>Targeted Releases - JDK 12, JDK 11, JDK 8, and JDK 7 </li>
<li>Distrust TLS server certificates anchored by Symantec Root
CAs.</li>
</ul>
</ul>
<p>Oracle Java SE 8 Release Updates [3]<br>
</p>
<ul>
<li>Public updates for Oracle Java SE 8 released after January
2019 will not be available for business, commercial or
production use without a commercial license.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<ul>
</ul>
</ul>
<p>Rgds, Rory</p>
[1] <a href="http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk/12/#Schedule">http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk/12/#Schedule</a><br>
[2] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk-dev/2018-December/002405.html">http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk-dev/2018-December/002405.html</a><br>
[3] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://java.com/en/download/release_notice.jsp">https://java.com/en/download/release_notice.jsp</a>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Rgds,Rory O'Donnell
Quality Engineering Manager
Oracle EMEA , Dublin, Ireland </pre>
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