Java 12 / JDK 12: General Availability

[Barbara O'connor]

Thanks - I've added this to our release checklist for feature releases 
going forward.

-b


On 3/20/2019 10:16 AM, Seán Coffey wrote:
> Jesper,
>
> this was discussed with all impacted Project teams last October [1]. 
> It was very much welcomed also.
>
> Adding the jdk12-ga tag should be straightforward I hope. We just need 
> to remember to capture it in process.
>
> [1] 
> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk-dev/2018-October/002004.html
>
> Regards,
> Sean.
>
> On 20/03/19 14:10, jesper.wilhelmsson at oracle.com wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I didn't see any actual decision on this. Is it enough that there is 
>> a bug filed in JBS and a mail thread with five or so people that 
>> thinks it is a good idea? Given that this is enough for most code 
>> changes that potentially could have a much larger impact on the 
>> OpenJDK maybe it's fine. I don't have an opinion here, I'm just 
>> curious as to how we make decisions in the OpenJDK.
>>
>> If there was a decision made, please inform those who actually make 
>> the tagging happen - or will there be infrastructure that make this 
>> tagging happen automatically?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> /Jesper
>>
>>
>>> On 20 Mar 2019, at 09:37, Langer, Christoph 
>>> <christoph.langer at sap.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> FWIW: The GA tagging is tracked by this bug: 
>>> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8217255
>>>
>>> The bug links to the mailing list discussions. In that discussion, 
>>> Seán said that he'd ask the project leads to use the ga tags. So it 
>>> would really be appreciated if ga tags could be used by OpenJDK 
>>> major releases, too.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Christoph
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: jdk-dev <jdk-dev-bounces at openjdk.java.net> On Behalf Of
>>>> Lindenmaier, Goetz
>>>> Sent: Mittwoch, 20. März 2019 09:12
>>>> To: mark.reinhold at oracle.com; announce at openjdk.java.net
>>>> Cc: jdk-dev at openjdk.java.net
>>>> Subject: [CAUTION] RE: Java 12 / JDK 12: General Availability
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> we are missing the -ga tag in the OpenJDK repository:
>>>> http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk/jdk12/
>>>>
>>>> We had expected a tag similar to jdk-11.0.2-ga:
>>>> http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk-updates/jdk11u/rev/0a8cde5d5ceb
>>>>
>>>> Best regards,
>>>>   Goetz.
>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: jdk-dev <jdk-dev-bounces at openjdk.java.net> On Behalf Of
>>>>> mark.reinhold at oracle.com
>>>>> Sent: Dienstag, 19. März 2019 17:55
>>>>> To: announce at openjdk.java.net
>>>>> Cc: jdk-dev at openjdk.java.net
>>>>> Subject: Java 12 / JDK 12: General Availability
>>>>>
>>>>> JDK 12, the reference implementation of Java 12, is now Generally
>>>>> Available.  We’ve identified no P1 bugs since we promoted build 33 
>>>>> over
>>>>> three weeks ago so that’s the official GA release, ready for 
>>>>> production
>>>>> use.
>>>>>
>>>>> GPL-licensed OpenJDK builds from Oracle are available here:
>>>>>
>>>>>   https://jdk.java.net/12
>>>>>
>>>>> Builds from other implementors will no doubt be available soon.
>>>>>
>>>>> This release includes eight features [3]:
>>>>>
>>>>>   189: Shenandoah: A Low-Pause-Time Garbage Collector (Experimental)
>>>>>   230: Microbenchmark Suite
>>>>>   325: Switch Expressions (Preview)
>>>>>   334: JVM Constants API
>>>>>   340: One AArch64 Port, Not Two
>>>>>   341: Default CDS Archives
>>>>>   344: Abortable Mixed Collections for G1
>>>>>   346: Promptly Return Unused Committed Memory from G1
>>>>>
>>>>> along with, as usual, hundreds of smaller enhancements and 
>>>>> thousands of
>>>>> bug fixes.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks to everyone who contributed JDK 12, whether by creating 
>>>>> features
>>>>> or enhancements, fixing bugs, or downloading and testing the 
>>>>> early-access
>>>>> builds.
>>>>>
>>>>> Coming up next ... lucky 13!
>>>>>
>>>>> - Mark
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> [1] https://mreinhold.org/blog/forward-faster
>>>>> [2] https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/discuss/2017-
>>>>> September/004281.html
>>>>> [3] https://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk/12
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