Hi Sanne, ** *Announcing: Early-Access builds of JDK 9 for Alpine Linux/musl at jdk.java.net/9/ [1] * * As of today there are pre-built Early-Access (EA) JDK binaries for Alpine Linux/musl at jdk.java.net/9/** o look for “Alpine Linux”. [1] * The Alpine Linux build is compatible with linux distributions that use the musl C library. *[2]* Feedback is very welcome via the portola-dev mailing list, remembering to subscribe to the mailing list first. *Proposed schedule change for JDK 9 [3]* JDK 9 Project continues to work toward the current goal of producing an initial Release Candidate build on 22 June. This proposal is to adjust the GA date in order to accommodate the additional time required to move through the JCP process. To be specific, we propose to move the GA date out by eight weeks, from 27 July to 21 September. Rgds,Rory [1] http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/portola-dev/2017-June/000191.html [2] http://www.musl-libc.org/ [3] http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk9-dev/2017-May/005864.html -- Rgds,Rory O'Donnell Quality Engineering Manager Oracle EMEA , Dublin, Ireland