10:34 a.m.
Hi David & Richard,
**Release Announcement: General Availability of Java 14 / JDK 14 [1] * *
* JDK 14, the reference implementation of Java 14, is now Generally
Available.
* GPL-licensed OpenJDK builds from Oracle are available here:
https://jdk.java.net/14
* JDK 14 Release notes
<https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/14-relnote-issues-5809570....
JDK 14 includes sixteen features [2]:
305: Pattern Matching for instanceof (Preview)
343: Packaging Tool (Incubator)
345: NUMA-Aware Memory Allocation for G1
349: JFR Event Streaming
352: Non-Volatile Mapped Byte Buffers
358: Helpful NullPointerExceptions
359: Records (Preview)
361: Switch Expressions (Standard)
362: Deprecate the Solaris and SPARC Ports
363: Remove the Concurrent Mark Sweep (CMS) Garbage Collector
364: ZGC on macOS
365: ZGC on Windows
366: Deprecate the ParallelScavenge + SerialOld GC Combination
367: Remove the Pack200 Tools and API
368: Text Blocks (Second Preview)
370: Foreign-Memory Access API (Incubator)
Thanks to everyone who contributed to JDK 14, whether by creating
features or enhancements, logging bugs, or downloading and testing the
early-access builds.
OpenJDK 15 EA build 14 is now available at http://jdk.java.net/15 *
*
* These early access, open source builds are provided under the GNU
General Public License, version 2, with the Classpath Exception
<http://openjdk.java.net/legal/gplv2+ce.html>;.
* Significant changes since the last availability email:
o Build 13 - JDK-8238555
<https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8238555>;: Allow
Initialization of SunPKCS11 with NSS when there are external
FIPS modules in the NSSDB
o Build 10 - JDK-8237776
<https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8237776>;: Shenandoah:
Wrong result with Lucene test
+ Reported by Apache Lucene.
o Build 9 - JDK-8222793
<https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8222793>;: Javadoc tool
ignores "-locale" param and uses default locale for all messages
and texts
+ Reported by Apache Lucene.
Project Metropolis Early-Access Builds - Build 14-metropolis+1-17
<http://jdk.java.net/metropolis/> (2020/3/5)
* These builds are intended for developers looking to test and provide
feedback on using /Graal,/ in form of native library
/(libjvmcicompiler.so)/, instead of C2 as HotSpot high optimizing
JIT compiler.
* These early-access builds are provided under the GNU General Public
License, version 2, with the Classpath Exception
<http://openjdk.java.net/legal/gplv2+ce.html>;.
* Please send feedback via e-mail to metropolis-dev(a)openjdk.java.net
<mailto:metropolis-dev@openjdk.java.net>. To send e-mail to this
address you must first subscribe to the mailing list
<https://mail.openjdk.java.net/mailman/listinfo/metropolis-dev>;.
Regards,
Rory
[1] https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk-dev/2020-March/004089.html
[2] https://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk/14
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Rgds, Rory O'Donnell
Quality Engineering Manager
Oracle EMEA, Dublin, Ireland