** Hi David & Richard*,* * * *1) Release Announcement: General Availability of Java 12 / JDK 12 [1] * * JDK 12, the reference implementation of Java 12, is now Generally Available. * GPL-licensed OpenJDK builds from Oracle are available here: https://jdk.java.net/12 This release includes the following  eight features: * JEP 189: Shenandoah: A Low-Pause-Time Garbage Collector (Experimental) * JEP 230: Microbenchmark Suite * JEP 334: JVM Constants API * JEP 340: One AArch64 Port, Not Two * JEP 341: Default CDS Archives * JEP 344: Abortable Mixed Collections for G1 * JEP 346: Promptly Return Unused Committed Memory from G1 Thanks to everyone who contributed JDK 12, whether by creating features or enhancements, logging  bugs, or downloading and testing the early-access builds. *2) JDK 13 EA build 12, under both the GPL and Oracle EA licenses, is now available at **http://jdk.java.net/13**.* * Proposed - Schedule for JDK 13 [2] o 2019/06/13 Rampdown Phase One o 2019/07/18 Rampdown Phase Two o 2019/08/08 Initial Release Candidate o 2019/08/22 Final Release Candidate o 2019/09/17 General Availability * Recent Bug fixes of Interest o Build 9: + 8214719: Deprecate -Xverify:none option + 8216360: Deprecate -XX:CompilationPolicyChoice o Build 10: + 8218995: Deprecate the -XX:FailOverToOldVerifier option o Build 12 : 8160247: Mark deprecated javax.security.cert APIs with forRemoval=true + 8220050: Deprecate -XX:-ThreadLocalHandshakes + Apache Lucene Reported - 8219448: split-if update_uses accesses stale idom data * Changes in this build [3] Rgds,Rory [1] https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk-dev/2019-March/002718.html [2] https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk-dev/2019-March/002716.html [3] Changes <http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk/jdk/log?rev=reverse%28%22jdk-13%2B11%22%3A... in this build -- Rgds,Rory O'Donnell Quality Engineering Manager Oracle EMEA , Dublin, Ireland