Update on b07; now expected week of March 17, 2008

[Joseph D. Darcy]

Joseph D. Darcy wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> A quick update on the status of b07, it doesn't seem likely that we'll 
> ship by March 14; we're running down a new build issue that I expect 
> will be resolved in a day or two.
> 
> As for what will be in the next build, a change has been putback so that 
> out of the box the build can succeed *without* using any binary plugs. 
> However, if the plugs aren't used, neither the midi synthesize nor SNMP 
> will work at runtime.  (This change seems unrelated to the build problem.)
> 
> The trademark notification has also been updated.

The b07 bits with the features above are now available from
http://download.java.net/openjdk/jdk6/

(The build problem involved whether or not motif was expected for the 
OpenJDK build; the correct behavior in this regard has been restored.)

Enjoy,

-Joe