Hi David & Richard,*
*
*NOTE:- *The JDK 12 schedule <
http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk/12/>
rampdown phase 1 of the release is coming up in a few weeks on Dec. 13,
2018.
**
*JDK 12 Early Access build 22 **is now available **at : -
jdk.java.net/12/*
* Release Note updates since last email *
*
o Build 21 - Deprecating the default keytool -keyalg value
(JDK-8212003)
o Build 21 - Change to X25519 and X448 encoded private key format
(JDK-8213363)
o Build 20 - New command-line flag for more extensive error
reporting in crash logs (JDK-8211845)
o Build 20 -Initial Value of user.timezone System Property Changed
(JDK-8185496)
* JEPs proposed for JDK 12 :
o JEP 189: Shenandoah: A Low-Pause-Time Garbage
Collector(Experimental) <
http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/189>
o JEP 334: JVM Constants API <
http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/334>
o JEP 344: Abortable Mixed Collections for G1
<
http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/344>
o JEP 346: Promptly Return Unused Committed Memory from G1
<
http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/346>
* JEPs targeted to JDK 12, so far
o JEP 230: Microbenchmark Suite <
https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/230>
o JEP 325: Switch Expressions (Preview)
<
http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/325>
o JEP 326: Raw String Literals (Preview)
<
http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/326>
o JEP 340: One AArch64 Port, Not Two
<
http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/340>
o JEP 341: Default CDS Archives <
http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/341>
Rgds,Rory
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Rgds,Rory O'Donnell
Quality Engineering Manager
Oracle EMEA , Dublin, Ireland