critical patch 8u172

[dalibor topic]

On 10.02.2018 08:31, Heffron, Jim wrote:
> Is it correct to understand that the 8u172 will include the fixes which go into the Oracle Critical patch targeted for 17th of April?

Yes, that's how the current PSU releases work.

> Also are there plans to have additional 8u releases beyond u172 or will 8u be retired?

As was done for JDK 6 and JDK 7 Updates, at some point, the current set 
of maintainers (employed by Oracle) will notify the list of their 
intention to retire from leading and maintaining the JDK 8 Updates 
Project in OpenJDK. If someone else suitable steps up to continue to 
lead and maintain this Project in OpenJDK from that point on, then we'll 
discuss the modalities of the transition on this list.

On a side note, the specific plans for further Oracle JDK 8 Update 
releases can be found at 
https://blogs.oracle.com/java-platform-group/extension-of-oracle-java-se-8-public-updates-and-java-web-start-support 
. They are best discussed on community.oracle.com/java rather than on 
this list, though.

cheers,
dalibor topic

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