Concern about Java 7u40 timeline

[Holger Brands]

It seems to me that JDK-8017174 is listed as fixed in build 34:
http://download.java.net/jdk7u40/changes/jdk7u40-b34.html

But to be sure, you should probably test the early access release:
http://jdk7.java.net/download.html

Just my two cents,
Holger


2013/8/2 Sam Reid <Reids at colorado.edu>

> JDK7 Team,
>
> My team expressed concern when I mentioned that the Java 7u40 release was
> being pushed back two weeks to the second week of September.  Our software
> relies on Oracle's Java and Java Web Start to work, so this will make it
> very difficult for fall classes to use our award-winning [1] educational
> materials - used over 40 million times per year. I fear they will get a
> negative impression both of our group and of Oracle software.  I know that
> many steps must be completed to release a new update to general
> availability, but if there is anything that can be done to accelerate this
> timeline it would be appreciated by us and our many users.  Additionally,
> if there is something that we can do to speed up the process or help
> prevent similar issues from happening in a future release, please let us
> know.  One more thing, JDK-8017174 is still not listed in the j7u40
> features & changes [2] even for build 35 so I am still a bit confused about
> that.
>
> Thanks!
> Sam Reid
> PhET Interactive Simulations
> University of Colorado Boulder
>
> [1] http://thetechawards.thetech.**org/the-laureates/stories/1647<http://thetechawards.thetech.org/the-laureates/stories/1647>
> [2] http://download.java.net/**jdk7u40/changes/jdk7u40-b35.**
> html?q=download/jdk7u40/**changes/jdk7u40-b35.html<http://download.java.net/jdk7u40/changes/jdk7u40-b35.html?q=download/jdk7u40/changes/jdk7u40-b35.html>
>