[hibernate-dev] JDK 16 EA build 18 is now available

Hi Sanne & Yoann, OpenJDK 16 Early Access build 18**is now available at http://jdk.java.net/16 * These early-access , open-source builds are provided under the o GNU General Public License, version 2, with the Classpath Exception <http://openjdk.java.net/legal/gplv2+ce.html>;. * Features: o JEPs proposed to target JDK 16 + JEP 376: ZGC: Concurrent Thread-Stack Processing <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/376> + JEP 386: Alpine Linux Port <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/386> + JEP 388: Windows/AArch64 Port <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/388> o JEPs targeted to JDK 16, so far: + JEP 338: Vector API (Incubator) <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/338> + JEP 347: Enable C++14 Language Features <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/347> + JEP 357: Migrate from Mercurial to Git <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/357> + JEP 369: Migrate to GitHub <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/369> + JEP 387: Elastic Metaspace <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/387> * Release Notes are available at http://jdk.java.net/16/release-notes ** * Changes in recent builds that maybe of interest: o Build 17 + JDK-8247281: Object monitors no longer keep strong references to their associated object + JDK-8202473: A type variable with multiple bounds does not correctly place type annotation # Reported by ByteBuddy + JDK-8234808: jdb quoted option parsing broken # Reported by Apache Tomcat o Build 16 + JDK-8172366: SUN, SunRsaSign, and SunEC Providers Supports SHA-3 Based Signature Algorithms + JDK-8244706: GZIPOutputStream now sets the GZIP OS Header Field to the correct default value * Quality Report for September 2020 was published here [1]. Thanks to everyone who contributed by creating features or enhancements, logging  bugs, or downloading and testing the early-access builds. *__* Rgds,Rory [1] https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/quality/Quality+Outreach+report+Sep... -- Rgds, Rory O'Donnell Quality Engineering Manager Oracle EMEA, Dublin, Ireland