Java 12 / JDK 12: General Availability

[Lindenmaier, Goetz]

Hi,

we are missing the -ga tag in the OpenJDK repository:
http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk/jdk12/

We had expected a tag similar to jdk-11.0.2-ga:
http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk-updates/jdk11u/rev/0a8cde5d5ceb

Best regards,
  Goetz.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: jdk-dev <jdk-dev-bounces at openjdk.java.net> On Behalf Of
> mark.reinhold at oracle.com
> Sent: Dienstag, 19. März 2019 17:55
> To: announce at openjdk.java.net
> Cc: jdk-dev at openjdk.java.net
> Subject: Java 12 / JDK 12: General Availability
> 
> JDK 12, the reference implementation of Java 12, is now Generally
> Available.  We’ve identified no P1 bugs since we promoted build 33 over
> three weeks ago so that’s the official GA release, ready for production
> use.
> 
> GPL-licensed OpenJDK builds from Oracle are available here:
> 
>   https://jdk.java.net/12
> 
> Builds from other implementors will no doubt be available soon.
> 
> This release includes eight features [3]:
> 
>   189: Shenandoah: A Low-Pause-Time Garbage Collector (Experimental)
>   230: Microbenchmark Suite
>   325: Switch Expressions (Preview)
>   334: JVM Constants API
>   340: One AArch64 Port, Not Two
>   341: Default CDS Archives
>   344: Abortable Mixed Collections for G1
>   346: Promptly Return Unused Committed Memory from G1
> 
> along with, as usual, hundreds of smaller enhancements and thousands of
> bug fixes.
> 
> Thanks to everyone who contributed JDK 12, whether by creating features
> or enhancements, fixing bugs, or downloading and testing the early-access
> builds.
> 
> Coming up next ... lucky 13!
> 
> - Mark
> 
> 
> [1] https://mreinhold.org/blog/forward-faster
> [2] https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/discuss/2017-
> September/004281.html
> [3] https://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk/12