Maintenance Reviews of Java SE 8 and 11 Platform JSRs

[Martijn Verburg]

Thanks appreciate the clarification (especially when I should have really
known!)

On Fri, 14 Dec 2018 at 19:47, Iris Clark <iris.clark at oracle.com> wrote:

> Hi, Martijn.
>
>
>
> I assume when you say that Oracle will start work in January and complete
> in March that Oracle engineers will be leading the patches that go into the
> two update forests?  That is, the work won’t be done in separate forest(s)?
>
>
>
> You’re referring to the final paragraph of my message which outlines the
> expected schedule for the JCP deliverables.  Just a like any JSR, the
> actual Specification changes will be developed in an OpenJDK Project
> following that Project’s process.  The Spec changes should be pushed to the
> usual repositories for the 8u and11u Projects, ideally before the
> Maintenance Review begins.
>
>
>
> Does this impact Oracle’s current timings on transitioning leadership of
> 8u and 11u?
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>
> No.
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>
>
> Thanks,
>
> iris
>
>
>
> *From:* Martijn Verburg <martijnverburg at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Friday, December 14, 2018 12:12 AM
> *To:* Iris Clark <iris.clark at oracle.com>
> *Cc:* jdk-updates-dev at openjdk.java.net; jdk8u-dev at openjdk.java.net
> *Subject:* Re: Maintenance Reviews of Java SE 8 and 11 Platform JSRs
>
>
>
> Hi Iris,
>
>
>
> This is welcome news.  I assume when you say that Oracle will start work
> in January and complete in March that Oracle engineers will be leading the
> patches that go into the two update forests?  That is, the work won’t be
> done in separate forest(s)?
>
>
>
> Does this impact Oracle’s current timings on transitioning leadership of
> 8u and 11u?
>
>
>
> And thanks to Oracle for taking the initiative on this. The groundwork for
> TLS 1.3 in 8 is especially appreciated by all of us.
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Martijn
>
>
>
> On Thu, 13 Dec 2018 at 22:00, Iris Clark <iris.clark at oracle.com> wrote:
>
> A small number of critical issues pertaining to support for external
> standards
> have been identified in the Java SE 8 and Java SE 11 Platforms. To resolve
> these issues for future JDK updates, Oracle plans to conduct Maintenance
> Reviews of the corresponding Platform JSRs (JSR 337 [1] and JSR 384 [2]).
> The
> issues are:
>
>   - Eras in the Japanese imperial calendar are tied to the reign of the
>     emperor.  On 1 May 2019, a new era will be introduced with the
> ascension
>     of the new emperor.  The specification of java.time.chrono.JapaneseEra
>     should be modified to allow for future eras [3] and the new era symbol
>     should be added to java.lang.Character. [4]
>
>   - The java.lang.Character specification should permit
>     implementation-specific additions to be merged from the "Currency
> Symbols"
>     Unicode Block (U+20A0 - U+20CF) to support new currencies such as
>     Bitcoin. [5]
>
>   - As industry-wide cryptographic standards evolve, the set of algorithms
> and
>     protocols supported by the security APIs needs to change.  The Java
>     Security Standard Algorithm Names specification [6] defines the set of
>     String names referencing these standards (e.g. "SHA-256", "TLSv1.3").
> The
>     specification should explicitly allow the addition of names for
>     algorithms/protocols defined in later releases. [7]
>
> The values returned by the system properties java.specification.version and
> java.vm.specification.version will be unchanged.  If an application needs
> to
> identify this release, the system property java.version may be used.
>
> Oracle will initiate the Maintenance Reviews in January and aim for
> completion
> in March.  After the Maintenance Reviews have completed, and assuming that
> the
> Maintenance Review Ballots succeed, Oracle will produce updated
> Specifications, RIs, and TCKs.  We expect the Maintenance Releases in
> April 2019.
>
> Thanks,
> Iris
>
> [0]: https://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk/11/spec/
> [1]: https://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk8/spec/
> [2]: https://jcp.org/en/procedures/jcp2#3.6.2
> [3]: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8212942
> [4]: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8211739
> [5]: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8215305
> [6]:
> https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/specs/security/standard-names.html
> [7]: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8215320
>
> --
>
> Cheers, Martijn (Sent from Gmail Mobile)
>
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