Hi Jason/Tomaz,

Early Access b144 (#5709) for JDK 9 with Project Jigsaw is available on java.net, summary of changes are listed here.

Early Access b144 for JDK 9 is available on java.net, summary of changes are listed here .

There have been a number of fixes to bugs reported by Open Source projects since the last availability email :

JDK-8156149 : Blurry rendering on Windows 7 at 125% screen setting
JDK-8167431 : tools javac takes too long time to resolve interface dependency
JDK-8062810 : infrastructure Examine src.zip in JDK image and decide if source classes should be organized by module

Proposal - latest update

b142 of JDK 9 with project Jigsaw has the initial implementation of open modules and open packages as detailed in the recent proposal for #ReflectiveAccessToNonExportedTypes [1]

Tool

Adapted from JEP 277 [2]

A static analysis tool jdeprscan has been provided that scans a jar file (or some other aggregation of class files) for uses of deprecated API elements.

Schedule

The proposed JDK 9 schedule has been adopted and posted on the Open JDK 9 Project Page [3]

Rgds,Rory

[1] http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jpms-spec-experts/2016-October/000430.html
[2] http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/277
[3] http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk9/

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Rgds,Rory O'Donnell
Quality Engineering Manager
Oracle EMEA , Dublin, Ireland