EA6 build of Project Lanai (Java 2D Metal rendering pipeline for macOS) is now posted

[Philip Race]

I am a bit slow in sending out the announcement, but
https://jdk.java.net/lanai/ is now hosting the EA 6 build of Lanai


    EA 6 Build 16-lanai+2-229 (2020/10/4)

Please do give it a try (-Dsun.java2d.metal=true) and let us know of issues.

EA 6 contains the following new bug fixes relative to EA 5

  * 8253931: Lanai: MTLTexturePool refactoring
    <https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8253931>
  * 8253840: Lanai - MTLClip.beginShapeClip method uses a larger
    temporary buffer than needed
    <https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8253840>
  * 8252790: Lanai: Refactor RenderPerfTest to run single test by name
    <https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8252790>
  * 8253657: Lanai: Refactor MTLTexturePool - getTexture
    <https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8253657>
  * 8251475: sun/java2d/pipe/hw/RSLAPITest/RSLAPITest.java fails with
    metal pipeline <https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8251475>
  * 8246194: Performance of Mix.Balls decreases when Rendering Quality
    option is Selected <https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8246194>
  * 8252796: Lanai: Shape clip test artifacts on MacBook Air 2020
    <https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8252796>
  * 8252499: UI text of application with metal pipeline is lost when
    another application is launched with OpenGL pipeline
    <https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8252499>
  * 8253301: Lanai: Memory leak in MTLContext code
    <https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8253301>
  * 8253260: Fix whitespace errors in .m and .metal files in lanai repo
    <https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8253260>
  * 8252795: Lanai: Refactor native implementation of MTLPaint
    <https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8252795>
  * 8251023: Clipping of Image doesnt work when Alpha composite is
    enabled in J2DDemo <https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8251023>
  * 8252880: Image operations are not working with metal
    <https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8252880>
  * 8252895: Black background in SwingSet2 in Nimbus LAF
    <https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8252895>
  * 8252949: Shape clip should use identity transform for drawing clip
    spans <https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8252949>


-phil.