JDK 7 is Feature-Complete

[Steve Poole]

On Fri, 2011-01-14 at 11:37 -0800, mark.reinhold at oracle.com wrote:
> The JDK 7 Project has reached a major milestone: It is Feature-Complete.
> 
> This means that all of the planned features have been implemented and
> integrated into the master forest, along with their unit tests, and all
> other planned tests have been written and run on a representative set of
> platforms.
> 
> The original plan called for this milestone, M11, to be reached at build
> 122 on 16 December.  We actually reached it the following week, at build
> 123, but it's taken some time to verify that all this work was truly
> finished, and the verification process was itself delayed by the winter
> holidays.
> 
> As with any large software project, there are some exceptions:
> 
>   - Two features are not quite finished but have been approved for
>     post-FC integration: Update the XML Stack [1] and the Enhanced JMX
>     Agent and MBeans [2].  The late integration of these features is not
>     expected to affect the overall schedule.
> 

Mark -  I can't seem to find any more information about these features.

Can you explain how I find out more?  For instance: 

* What versions of the XML components are going to be chosen?  How is
that decision made and where is it documented?   

* For the enhanced JMX Agent and Mbeans - where do I find out more about
the design, objectives and delivery plan?

Thanks

>   - VM, language, and library features governed by in-flight JSRs (203,
>     292, 334, and 336) are implemented according to their current---or
>     shortly forthcoming---draft specifications.  The implementations will
>     be updated as those specifications evolve, and the release schedule
>     will be adjusted if the Expert Groups of these JSRs decide to
>     introduce changes that cannot be implemented in the time remaining.
> 
> We're already well into the process of running all tests on all supported
> platforms.  The primary activity from here on out will be to fix bugs and
> track the evolving JSRs.  Milestone 12, due in mid-February, will be the
> "Developer Preview" release which we'll encourage developers, deployers,
> and end users to download and test.
> 
> I've updated the project pages [3] to reflect current the status and
> schedule.
> 
> - Mark
> 
> 
> [1] http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk7/features/#f568
> [2] http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk7/features/#f530073
> [3] http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk7/