Early Access build for JDK 9 b27 is available on java.net

[Chris Newland]

Hi Martijn,

I'm happy to dive in and crash-test building this on Debian x86_64.

Just found & fixed an error in the Debian GetSource instructions.

Will report back any problems I encounter that aren't fixed in the build
scripts.

Cheers,

Chris


On Fri, August 22, 2014 10:03, Martijn Verburg wrote:
> Hi Rory,
>
>
> Thanks for sharing - I've been following the jdk9-dev list closely and
> it's probably fair to say that folks might want  to wait one extra week if
> they are building OpenJDK itself.  There was a lot of dust flying from the
> build script changes and it'll probably be 3-4 days before all of those
> issues get filed and fixed.
>
> Cheers,
> Martijn
>
>
>
> On 22 August 2014 09:52, Rory O'Donnell Oracle, Dublin Ireland <
> rory.odonnell at oracle.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>>
>> Early Access build for JDK 9 b27 <https://jdk9.java.net/download/>  is
>> available on java.net, summary of changes here <
>> http://www.java.net/download/jdk9/changes/jdk9-b27.html>
>>
>>
>> I'd also like to use this opportunity to point you to ongoing work in
>> OpenJDK on Project Jigsaw.
>>
>>
>> - JDK 9's source code is now modular: http://mail.openjdk.java.net/
>> pipermail/jdk9-dev/2014-August/001220.html
>>
>> - Mark Reinhold's post providing some context is available on his
>> blog: http://mreinhold.org/blog/jigsaw-phase-two
>>
>>
>> - The first two Project Jigsaw JEPs have been posted at
>> http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/200 & http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/201 .
>>
>>
>> You can also track the progress on the JEPs in the JDK Bug System now -
>>  the corresponding JBS issue for JEP 201 is
>> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/
>> browse/JDK-8051619 , for example.
>>
>> Comments, questions, and suggestions are welcome on the jigsaw-dev
>> mailing list. (If you haven’t already subscribed to that list then
>> please do so first, otherwise your message will be discarded as spam.)
>>
>> Rgds,Rory
>>
>>
>> --
>> Rgds,Rory O'Donnell
>> Quality Engineering Manager
>> Oracle EMEA , Dublin, Ireland
>>
>>
>>
>