[8u-communication] JDK 8u60 released today! (and 8u72 timeline)

[Omair Majid]

Hi Rob,

* Rob McKenna <rob.mckenna at oracle.com> [2015-09-08 10:43]:
> Since moving to the new process[0] where a regular JDK 8 Update is released
> in parallel with a JDK 8 Critical Patch Update (CPU), it's impossible to
> share a true snapshot of the final JDK 8 Update forest until GA has
> occurred. That's due to the vulnerability fixes which need to be integrated
> into the update forest prior to GA. Such integrations are currently
> happening at the RDP2 milestone.
> 
> If you want to recreate the current state of a release in RDP2 (less
> vulnerability fixes) then you will need to maintain your own forest.

Thanks for clarifying this. Not being able to access the actual trees
isn't great, but I can see that the other option (publishing the trees
with vulnerability fixes) is completely out of question.

Thanks,
Omair

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