Hi David & Richard, ** *Per the JDK 15 schedule, we are in Rampdown Phase Two* *[1]* Per the JDK Release Process [2] we now turn our focus to *P1 and P2 bugs*, which can be fixed with approval [3]. Late enhancements are still possible, with approval [4], but the bar is now extraordinarily high. **Please advise if you have any open high priority issues.* * * Schedule for JDK 15 o 2*020/07/16 Rampdown Phase Two* o 2020/08/06 Initial Release Candidate o 2020/08/20 Final Release Candidate o 2020/09/15 General Availability * Features included in JDK 15: o JEP 339: Edwards-Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (EdDSA) <http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/339> o JEP 360: Sealed Classes (Preview) <http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/360> o JEP 371: Hidden Classes <http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/371> o JEP 372: Remove the Nashorn JavaScript Engine <http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/372> o JEP 373: Reimplement the Legacy DatagramSocket API <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/373> o JEP 374: Disable and Deprecate Biased Locking <http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/374> o JEP 375: Pattern Matching for instanceof (Second Preview) <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/375> o JEP 377: ZGC: A Scalable Low-Latency Garbage Collector <http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/377> o JEP 378: Text Blocks <http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/378> o JEP 379: Shenandoah: A Low-Pause-Time Garbage Collector <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/379> o JEP 381: Remove the Solaris and SPARC Ports <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/381> o JEP 383: Foreign-Memory Access API (Second Incubator) <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/383> o JEP 384: Records (Second Preview) <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/384> o JEP 385: Deprecate RMI Activation for Removal <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/385> *JDK 15 **Early Access build 32 **is available**at : - jdk.java.net/15/* These early-access, open-source builds are provided under the GNU General Public License, version 2, with the Classpath Exception. * Release notes o http://jdk.java.net/15/release-notes * Recent fixes that might be of interest o Build 32 + 8231800: Better listing of arrays + 8234836: Improve serialization handling o Build 31 + JDK-8248505: Unexpected NoSuchAlgorithmException when using secure random impl from BCFIPS provider o Build 29 + JDK-8233014: Enable ShowCodeDetailsInExceptionMessages by default *JDK 16 Early Access build 6 ****is available**at : - jdk.java.net/16/* These early-access, open-source builds are provided under the GNU General Public License, version 2, with the Classpath Exception. * JEP Candidate o JEP 388: Windows/AArch64 Port <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/388> * JEPs proposed to target o JEP 347: Enable C++14 Language Features <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/347> * JEPs targeted to JDK 16, so far: o JEP 369: Migrate to GitHub <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/369> o JEP 357: Migrate from Mercurial to Git <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/357> ** * Recent fixes that might be of interest o Build 32 + 8231800: Better listing of arrays + 8234836: Improve serialization handling o Build 5 + JDK-8218021: Have jarsigner preserve posix permission attributes + JDK-8245302: Upgrade LogRecord to support long thread ids and remove its usage of ThreadLocal + JDK-8248505: Unexpected NoSuchAlgorithmException when using secure random impl from BCFIPS provider *Cryptoroadmap updated * * https://www.java.com/en/jre-jdk-cryptoroadmap.html *The "Best of the JDK" feature face-off tournament: Result!*_* *_ * *JDK Mission Control *is the winner based on the Twitter poll <https://twitter.com/java/status/1281595323685703683?s=20>;. *The Quality Outreach Report for *June 2020**is available via the Quality Wiki page*: **June 2020 <https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/quality/Quality+Outreach+report+Jun... * *__* Rgds,Rory [1] https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk-dev/2020-July/004536.html [2] https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/3 [3] https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/3#Fix-Request-Process [4] https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/3#Late-Enhancement-Request-Process -- Rgds, Rory O'Donnell Quality Engineering Manager Oracle EMEA, Dublin, Ireland