11:48 a.m.
Hi David & Richard,
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 18
+ JDK-8235710: Removal of Legacy Elliptic Curves
+ JDK-8245527: LDAP Channel Binding support for Java GSS/Kerberos
+ JDK-8252739: Deflater.setDictionary(byte[], int off, int
len) ignores the starting offset for the dictionary
# Reported by Apache Lucene
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...
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Rgds, Rory O'Donnell
Quality Engineering Manager
Oracle EMEA, Dublin, Ireland