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<p>Hi All, </p>
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<p><b>1) Release Announcement: General Availability of Java 12 /
JDK 12 [1] </b><br>
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<li>JDK 12, the reference implementation of Java 12, is now
Generally Available. </li>
<li>GPL-licensed OpenJDK builds from Oracle are available here:
<a href="https://jdk.java.net/12" moz-do-not-send="true">https://jdk.java.net/12</a>
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<p> This release includes the following eight features: <br>
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<li>JEP 189: Shenandoah: A Low-Pause-Time Garbage Collector
(Experimental)</li>
<li>JEP 230: Microbenchmark Suite</li>
<li>JEP 325: Switch Expressions (Preview)<br>
</li>
<li>JEP 334: JVM Constants API</li>
<li>JEP 340: One AArch64 Port, Not Two</li>
<li>JEP 341: Default CDS Archives</li>
<li>JEP 344: Abortable Mixed Collections for G1</li>
<li>JEP 346: Promptly Return Unused Committed Memory from G1</li>
</ul>
Thanks to everyone who contributed JDK 12, whether by creating
features or enhancements, logging bugs, or downloading and
testing the early-access builds.
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<p><b>2) JDK 13 EA build 12, under both the GPL and Oracle EA
licenses, is now available at </b><b><a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://jdk.java.net/13"
moz-do-not-send="true">http://jdk.java.net/13</a></b><b> .</b></p>
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<li>Proposed - Schedule for JDK 13 [2] <br>
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<ul>
<li>2019/06/13 Rampdown Phase One</li>
<li>2019/07/18 Rampdown Phase Two</li>
<li>2019/08/08 Initial Release Candidate</li>
<li>2019/08/22 Final Release Candidate</li>
<li>2019/09/17 General Availability </li>
</ul>
<li>Recent Bug fixes of Interest</li>
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<li>Build 9:</li>
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<li>8214719: Deprecate -Xverify:none option</li>
<li>8216360: Deprecate -XX:CompilationPolicyChoice<br>
</li>
</ul>
<li>Build 10: </li>
<ul>
<li>8218995: Deprecate the -XX:FailOverToOldVerifier option</li>
</ul>
<li>Build 12 : <br>
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<li>8160247: Mark deprecated javax.security.cert APIs with
forRemoval=true</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>8220050: Deprecate -XX:-ThreadLocalHandshakes</li>
<li>Apache Lucene Reported - 8219448: split-if update_uses
accesses stale idom data</li>
</ul>
</ul>
<li>Changes in this build [3]</li>
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[1] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk-dev/2019-March/002718.html"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk-dev/2019-March/002718.html</a><br>
[2] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk-dev/2019-March/002716.html"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk-dev/2019-March/002716.html</a><br>
[3] <a
href="http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk/jdk/log?rev=reverse%28%22jdk-13%2B11%22%3A%3A%22jdk-13%2B12%22-%22jdk-13%2B11%22%29&revcount=1000"
moz-do-not-send="true">Changes</a> in this build
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Regards,
Abdul Muneer
Quality <span style="color:windowtext">Outreach</span>
Oracle, Bangalore, India </pre>
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