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    <font size="+1">Hi Jason/Tomaz, </font>
    <p><b><b>JDK 11 EA build 8, </b></b><b><b><b>under both the GPL and
            Oracle EA licenses, is now available at </b><b><a
              class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
              href="http://jdk.java.net/11">http://jdk.java.net/11</a></b><b>
            . </b></b><br>
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      <li>Newly approved Schedule, status &amp; features<br>
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        <li><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
            href="http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk/11/">http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk/11/</a><br>
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      <li>Release Notes:</li>
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        <li><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
            href="http://jdk.java.net/11/release-notes">http://jdk.java.net/11/release-notes</a></li>
      </ul>
      <li>Summary of changes </li>
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        <li><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
            href="https://download.java.net/java/early_access/jdk11/5/jdk-11+5.html">https://download.java.net/java/early_access/jdk11/8/jdk-11+8.html</a></li>
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    </ul>
    <b>Notable changes in JDK 11 EA builds since last email:</b><br>
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        Build 8: <br>
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      <ul>
        <li>If you have a library that uses the Selector API heavily
          then now would be a good time to test it out. [1] <br>
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      <li>Build 7<br>
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      <ul>
        <li>The VM option "-XX:+AggressiveOpts" is deprecated in JDK 11
          and will be removed in a future release. </li>
      </ul>
      <li>Build 6:<br>
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      <ul>
        <li>JDK-8193033 : remove terminally deprecated
          sun.misc.Unsafe.defineClass. Users should use the public
          replacement
          `java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles.Lookup.defineClass` which was
          added in Java SE 9. [2]  </li>
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    <p><b> </b> </p>
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    <b>SURVEY: The HotSpot Serviceability Agent (SA) </b>[3]
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      <li> If you have used, or have (support) processes that utilize
        the Serviceability Agent or related APIs, then we would
        definitely appreciate if you would complete this survey: <a
          href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CF3MYDL">https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CF3MYDL</a></li>
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    Regards,<br>
    Rory<br>
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    [1] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/nio-dev/2018-April/004964.html">http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/nio-dev/2018-April/004964.html</a><br>
    [2] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/9/docs/api/java/lang/invoke/MethodHandles.Lookup.html#defineClass-byte:A">https://docs.oracle.com/javase/9/docs/api/java/lang/invoke/MethodHandles.Lookup.html#defineClass-byte:A</a>-
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    [3] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk-dev/2018-April/001052.html">http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk-dev/2018-April/001052.html</a><br>
    <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- 
Rgds,Rory O'Donnell
Quality Engineering Manager
Oracle EMEA , Dublin, Ireland </pre>
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