Hi David & Richard, ** *OpenJDK 17 Early Access build 21 is now available at **https://jdk.java.net/17* <https://jdk.java.net/17> * These early-access , open-source builds are provided under the o GNU General Public License, version 2, with the Classpath Exception <https://openjdk.java.net/legal/gplv2+ce.html> * Schedule o 2021/06/10         Rampdown Phase One o 2021/07/15         Rampdown Phase Two o 2021/08/05         Initial Release Candidate o 2021/08/19         Final Release Candidate o 2021/09/14         General Availability * JEPs targeted to JDK 17, so far: o JEP 356: Enhanced Pseudo-Random Number Generators <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/356> o JEP 382: New macOS Rendering Pipeline <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/382> o JEP 391: macOS/AArch64 Port <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/391> o JEP 398: Deprecate the Applet API for Removal <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/398> o JEP 410: Remove the Experimental AOT and JIT Compiler <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/410> * Release Notes are available at https://jdk.java.net/17/release-notes <https://jdk.java.net/17/release-notes> * Changes in recent builds that maybe of interest: o Build 21: + JDK-8196415: JARs signed with SHA-1 algorithms are restricted by default. + JDK-8265989: System property for the native character encoding name. + JDK-8265137: java.util.Random suddenly has new public methods nowhere documented. # [*Reported by Apache Lucene]* o Build 20 + JDK-8037397: RegEx pattern matching loses character class after intersection (&&) operator. + JDK-8264208: A new public method that returns the `Charset` used in the `Console. o Build 19 + JDK-8228988: AnnotationParser throws NullPointerException on incompatible member type. # *[Reported by ByteBuddy]* + JDK-8258794: Support for CLDR version 39. + JDK-8262108: SimpleDateFormat formatting broken for sq_MK Locale. # *[**Reported by ApacheCommons]* o Build 18 + JDK-8260693: Provide the support for specifying a signer in keytool -genkeypair. + JDK-8263763: Synthetic constructor parameters of enum are not considered for annotation indices. # *[Reported by ByteBuddy]* *Topics of interest from 'Insider Java':* * Security and Sandboxing Post SecurityManager : Link <https://inside.java/2021/04/23/security-and-sandboxing-post-securitymanag... * Foreign Memory Access and NIO channels - Going Further : Link <https://inside.java/2021/04/21/fma-and-nio-channels/> *Project Loom Early-Access Build: **Build 17-loom+6-225* <https://jdk.java.net/loom/>*(2021/4/1)* * These early-access builds are provided under the GNU General Public License, version 2, with the Classpath Exception <https://openjdk.java.net/legal/gplv2+ce.html>;. * These builds are produced for the purpose of gathering feedback. Use for any other purpose is at your own risk. * Please send feedback via e-mail to loom-dev(a)openjdk.java.net <mailto:loom-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/loom-dev>.** *April 2021 Critical Patch Update Released:* * As part of the April 2021 CPU we released JDK 16.0.1, JDK 11.0.11 LTS, JDK 8u291 and JDK 7u301 as well as OpenJDK 16.0.1 (publicly available). Rgds,Rory -- Rgds, Rory O'Donnell Quality Engineering Manager Oracle EMEA, Dublin, Ireland