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Posted to dev@tomcat.apache.org by Rory O'Donnell <ro...@oracle.com> on 2020/10/02 09:46:12 UTC

JDK 16 EA build 18 is now available

Hi Mark,

OpenJDK 16 Early Access build 18**is now available at http://jdk.java.net/16

  * These early-access , open-source builds are provided under the
      o GNU General Public License, version 2, with the Classpath
        Exception <http://openjdk.java.net/legal/gplv2+ce.html>.

  * Features:
      o JEPs proposed to target JDK 16
          + JEP 376: ZGC: Concurrent Thread-Stack Processing
            <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/376>
          + JEP 386: Alpine Linux Port <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/386>
          + JEP 388: Windows/AArch64 Port
            <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/388>
      o JEPs targeted to JDK 16, so far:
          + JEP 338: Vector API (Incubator)
            <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/338>
          + JEP 347: Enable C++14 Language Features
            <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/347>
          + JEP 357: Migrate from Mercurial to Git
            <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/357>
          + JEP 369: Migrate to GitHub <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/369>
          + JEP 387: Elastic Metaspace <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/387>

  * Release Notes are available at http://jdk.java.net/16/release-notes

**

  * Changes in recent builds that maybe of interest:
      o Build 18
          + JDK-8235710: Removal of Legacy Elliptic Curves
          + JDK-8245527: LDAP Channel Binding support for Java GSS/Kerberos
          + JDK-8252739: Deflater.setDictionary(byte[], int off, int
            len) ignores the starting offset for the dictionary
              # Reported by Apache Lucene
      o Build 17
          + JDK-8247281: Object monitors no longer keep strong
            references to their associated object
          + JDK-8202473: A type variable with multiple bounds does not
            correctly place type annotation
              # Reported by ByteBuddy
          + JDK-8234808: jdb quoted option parsing broken
              # Reported by Apache Tomcat
      o Build 16
          + JDK-8172366: SUN, SunRsaSign, and SunEC Providers Supports
            SHA-3 Based Signature Algorithms
          + JDK-8244706: GZIPOutputStream now sets the GZIP OS Header
            Field to the correct default value

  * Quality Report for September 2020 was published here [1]. Thanks to
    everyone who contributed by creating features or enhancements,
    logging  bugs, or downloading and testing the early-access builds.


*__*
Rgds,Rory

[1] 
https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/quality/Quality+Outreach+report+September+2020

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


Re: JDK 16 EA build 18 is now available

Posted by Gavin McDonald <gm...@apache.org>.
Hi All,

As an FYI our Jenkins and Buildbot nodes are installing this as we speak.

HTH


On Fri, Oct 2, 2020 at 11:46 AM Rory O'Donnell <ro...@oracle.com>
wrote:

> Hi Mark,
>
> OpenJDK 16 Early Access build 18**is now available at
> http://jdk.java.net/16
>
>   * These early-access , open-source builds are provided under the
>       o GNU General Public License, version 2, with the Classpath
>         Exception <http://openjdk.java.net/legal/gplv2+ce.html>.
>
>   * Features:
>       o JEPs proposed to target JDK 16
>           + JEP 376: ZGC: Concurrent Thread-Stack Processing
>             <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/376>
>           + JEP 386: Alpine Linux Port <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/386>
>           + JEP 388: Windows/AArch64 Port
>             <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/388>
>       o JEPs targeted to JDK 16, so far:
>           + JEP 338: Vector API (Incubator)
>             <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/338>
>           + JEP 347: Enable C++14 Language Features
>             <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/347>
>           + JEP 357: Migrate from Mercurial to Git
>             <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/357>
>           + JEP 369: Migrate to GitHub <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/369>
>           + JEP 387: Elastic Metaspace <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/387>
>
>   * Release Notes are available at http://jdk.java.net/16/release-notes
>
> **
>
>   * Changes in recent builds that maybe of interest:
>       o Build 18
>           + JDK-8235710: Removal of Legacy Elliptic Curves
>           + JDK-8245527: LDAP Channel Binding support for Java GSS/Kerberos
>           + JDK-8252739: Deflater.setDictionary(byte[], int off, int
>             len) ignores the starting offset for the dictionary
>               # Reported by Apache Lucene
>       o Build 17
>           + JDK-8247281: Object monitors no longer keep strong
>             references to their associated object
>           + JDK-8202473: A type variable with multiple bounds does not
>             correctly place type annotation
>               # Reported by ByteBuddy
>           + JDK-8234808: jdb quoted option parsing broken
>               # Reported by Apache Tomcat
>       o Build 16
>           + JDK-8172366: SUN, SunRsaSign, and SunEC Providers Supports
>             SHA-3 Based Signature Algorithms
>           + JDK-8244706: GZIPOutputStream now sets the GZIP OS Header
>             Field to the correct default value
>
>   * Quality Report for September 2020 was published here [1]. Thanks to
>     everyone who contributed by creating features or enhancements,
>     logging  bugs, or downloading and testing the early-access builds.
>
>
> *__*
> Rgds,Rory
>
> [1]
>
> https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/quality/Quality+Outreach+report+September+2020
>
> --
> Rgds, Rory O'Donnell
> Quality Engineering Manager
> Oracle EMEA, Dublin, Ireland
>
>

-- 

*Gavin McDonald*
Systems Administrator
ASF Infrastructure Team