Fwd: Early Access build 83 for JDK 9 and JDK 9 with Project Jigsaw are available for download.

[Martijn Verburg]

Get it while it's hot :-)

Cheers,
Martijn

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Rory O'Donnell <rory.odonnell at oracle.com>
Date: 9 October 2015 at 09:29
Subject: Early Access build 83 for JDK 9 and JDK 9 with Project Jigsaw are
available for download.



Hi Chris,


JDK 9 with Project Jigsaw Early Access build b83 is available for download
at jdk9.java.net/jigsaw.

Notable changes:

   - The -Xoverride option has been extended and renamed to -Xpatch, and
   the -XaddReads option has been restored [1] (changesets 04dd0430530e,
   095fc622bf01).
   - ClassLoader::getPackage now works as it did previously, walking the
   class-loader hierarchy in order to find Package objects, which enables
   NetBeans to start up [2] (5805781b9370).
   - Class::getResource will now return a URL to a resource in a module,
   when invoked from code within that module (0fbe4c72638a).
   - The big module-summary table has been improved, and will now be posted
   with each build [3] (e922b207c170).


JDK 9 Early Access build b83 is available for download
<https://jdk9.java.net/download/> , summary of  changes are listed here
<http://download.java.net/jdk9/changes/jdk9-b78.html?q=download/jdk9/changes/jdk9-b83.html>
.



   - Request for G1 GC Feedback at wiki -
   <https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/HotSpot/G1GC+Feedback>
   https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/HotSpot/G1GC+Feedback
   - This wiki-page aims to outline the basic JVM parameters switching to
   G1GC, and how you can help collecting data comparing the G1GC and Parallel
   GC.



Rgds, Rory

[1] http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jigsaw-dev/2015-September/004740.html
[2] http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jigsaw-dev/2015-September/004730.html
[3] http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~mr/jigsaw/ea/module-summary.html


-- 
Rgds,Rory O'Donnell
Quality Engineering Manager
Oracle EMEA , Dublin, Ireland

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