JDK 12 Early Access build 15 is available

[Muneer Kolarkunnu]

Hi All, 

JDK 12 Early Access build 15 is available at : - jdk.java.net/12/

JDK 12 Schedule is confirmed.

2018/12/13 HYPERLINK "http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/3#rdp-1"Rampdown Phase One
2019/01/17 HYPERLINK "http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/3#rdp-2"Rampdown Phase Two
2019/02/07 HYPERLINK "http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/3#rc"Release-Candidate Phase
2019/03/19 General Availability

Release Notes for JDK 12 [1]
JEPs targeted to JDK 12, so far

325: Switch Expressions (Preview [2]) - Integrated
326: Raw String Literals (Preview [2]) - Integrated
340: HYPERLINK "http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/340"One AArch64 Port, Not Two - Targeted
341: HYPERLINK "http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/341"Default CDS Archives - Integrated

Important fixes since last email

(b15)  Implementation of JEP 341: Default CDS Archives
(b14) LDAPS Communication Failure (HYPERLINK "https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8211107"JDK-8211107) 
(b14) Support dns_canonicalize_hostname in krb5.conf (HYPERLINK "https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8210821"JDK-8210821)
(b14) Removal of com.sun.awt.SecurityWarning Class (HYPERLINK "https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8210692"JDK-8210692)


JDK 8u202 planning [3]

8u202 is proposed to be the last Oracle led release for this OpenJDK Project. 
A proposed timeline is as follows :

July 2018 8u-dev forest begins collecting 8u202 fixes
Mid October 2018 RampDown 2
Mid January 2019 GA

 

 

[1] http://jdk.java.net/12/release-notes
[2] http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/12
[3] http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk8u-dev/2018-September/007923.html

 
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Regards,
Abdul Muneer
Quality Outreach
Oracle, Bangalore, India