JDK 16 is now in the Release Candidate Phase

[Deepak Damodaran]

Per the JDK 16 schedule , we are in the Release Candidate Phase [1] .

Please advise if you find any issues while testing the latest Early Access builds.

  *   Schedule for JDK 16
     *   2021/02/04  Initial Release Candidate
     *   2021/02/18  Final Release Candidate
     *   2021/03/16  General Availability
  *   Release Notes [2]

OpenJDK 16 Early Access build 35 is now available at http://jdk.java.net/16

  *   These early-access, open-source builds are provided under the GNU General Public License, version 2, with the Classpath Exception<http://openjdk.java.net/legal/gplv2+ce.html>.
  *   Features [3] - the overall feature set is frozen. No further JEPs will be targeted to this release.
  *   Changes in recent builds that maybe of interest:
     *   Build 34:
        *   JDK-8259025: Record compact constructor using Objects.requireNonNull
           *   Reported by JUnit5
     *   Build 32:
        *   JDK-8259014: Incomplete support for Unix domain sockets in Windows 2019 Server

  *   JDK 16 - topics of interest:
     *   Unix domain socket channels (JEP-380) overview:
https://inside.java/2021/02/03/jep380-unix-domain-sockets-channels/
     *   Java Feature Spotlight: Pattern Matching
https://inside.java/2021/01/22/feature-spotlight-pattern-matching/
     *   Foreign Memory Access - Pulling all the thread
https://inside.java/2021/01/25/memory-access-pulling-all-the-threads/
  *   General – topic of interest:
     *   Inside Java Episode 11 “How to contribute to OpenJDK” with Stuart Marks and Jesper Wilhelmsson
https://inside.java/2021/01/29/podcast-011/

Project Lanai EA 9 Build 17-lanai+2-49 (2021/1/20)<http://jdk.java.net/lanai/> is available now

  *   These early-access builds are provided under the GNU General Public License, version 2, with the Classpath Exception<http://openjdk.java.net/legal/gplv2+ce.html>
  *   EA builds are intended for developers looking to test and provide feedback on using Project Lanai.
  *   This is a macOS-specific project which implements a new Java 2D graphics rendering pipeline for macOS.
  *   Project Lanai Wiki: https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/lanai/Main
  *   Please send feedback via e-mail to lanai-dev at openjdk.java.net<mailto:lanai-dev at openjdk.java.net>. To send e-mail to this address you must first subscribe to the mailing list<https://mail.openjdk.java.net/mailman/listinfo/lanai-dev>.
Project Loom Build 17-loom+2-42 (2021/1/14)<http://jdk.java.net/loom/> based on JDK-17+5<https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/releases/tag/jdk-17%2B5> is available now

  *   These early-access builds are provided under the GNU General Public License, version 2, with the Classpath Exception<http://openjdk.java.net/legal/gplv2+ce.html>
  *   These builds are intended for developers looking to "kick the tyres" and provide feedback on using the API or by sending bug reports.
  *   API Javadoc : https://download.java.net/java/early_access/loom/docs/api/
  *   Please send feedback via e-mail to loom-dev at openjdk.java.net<mailto:loom-dev at openjdk.java.net>. To send e-mail to this address you must first subscribe to the mailing list<http://mail.openjdk.java.net/mailman/listinfo/loom-dev>.
OpenJDK 17 Early Access build 8 is now available at http://jdk.java.net/17

  *   These early-access, open-source builds are provided under the GNU General Public License, version 2, with the Classpath Exception<http://openjdk.java.net/legal/gplv2+ce.html>.
  *   Changes in recent builds that maybe of interest:
     *   Build 8:
        *   JDK-8222850: Misleading cascade compiler error in switch expression with undefined vars
           *   Reported by jOOQ.
        *   JDK-8217633: Configurable extensions with system properties
        *   JDK-8249867: DOM LSSerializer control of newline after XML header
        *   JDK-8256421: Added 2 HARICA Root CA Certificates
        *   JDK-8259801: Enable XML Signature secure validation mode by default
     *   Build 7:
        *   JDK-8165276: Spec states to invoke the premain method in an agent class if it's public but implementation differs
        *   JDK-8256895: Add support for RFC 8954: Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) Nonce Extension
     *   Build 6:
        *   JDK- 8259048: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2020f
January 2021 Critical Patch Update Released:

  *   As part of the Jan 2021 CPU we released JDK 15.0.2, JDK 11.0.10 LTS, JDK 8u281, and JDK 7u291 as well as OpenJDK 15.0.2 (publicly available).
Regards
Deepak
[1] https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk-dev/2021-February/005062.html
[2] https://jdk.java.net/16/release-notes
[3] http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk/16/