Automate download of new JDK Early Access Releases

[Rory O'Donnell]

Hi Reto ,

On 26/04/2016 11:34, Reto Merz wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Is there a easy way to programmatically/automatic detect new JDK Early Access Releases
> and download it ?
You need to manually accept the license before downloading can begin.
> We perform automated SmokeTest with EA releases (JDK 8 and JDK 9).
> At the moment, someone must manually check if a new EA release is available
> and download it. We want to automate this.
Would you like to have your project listed here ?
https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/quality/Quality+Outreach
>
> And btw. the page"https://jdk9.java.net/download/"  is bit out of date. It says:
>
> "Web Start NPE Bug:
> [..] is expected to be fixed in b115. "
>
> The b115 release still crash with a NPE (JDK-8153736).

Could you log a bug for this, it may be a new issue ?

Rgds,Rory
>
> Thanks
>
> Best Regards
> Reto Merz
>
>

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Rgds,Rory O'Donnell
Quality Engineering Manager
Oracle EMEA , Dublin, Ireland