Re: Early Access build 136 for JDK 9 & JDK 9 with Project Jigsaw are available on java.net

[Rick Hillegas <ri...@gmail.com>]

Hi Rory,

Derby compiles and tests cleanly using build 137 of JDK 9.

Thanks,
-Rick

On 9/20/16, 3:38 AM, Rory O'Donnell wrote:
>
> Hi Rick,
>
> Early Access b136 <https://jdk9.java.net/download/> for JDK 9 is 
> available on java.net, summary of  changes are listed here 
> <http://www.java.net/download/java/jdk9/changes/jdk-9+136.html>.
> Early Access b136 <https://jdk9.java.net/jigsaw/> (#5506) for JDK 9 
> with Project Jigsaw is available on java.net, summary of  changes are 
> listed here 
> <http://www.java.net/download/java/jigsaw/archive/136/binaries/jdk-9+136.html>.
>
> There have been a number of fixes to bugs reported by Open Source 
> projects since the last availability email  :
>
>     * 8165723 - b136 - core-libs JarFile::isMultiRelease() method
>       returns false when it should return true
>     * 8165116 - b136 - xml redirect function is not allowed even with
>       enableExtensionFunctions
>
> NOTE:-  Build 135 included a fix for JDK-8161016 which *has introduced 
> a behavioral change to HttpURLConnection, more info:*
>
> The behavior of HttpURLConnection when using a ProxySelector has been 
> modified with this JDK release. Currently, HttpURLConnection.connect() 
> call would fallback to a DIRECT connection attempt if the configured 
> proxy/proxies failed to make a connection. This release introduces a 
> change whereby no DIRECT connection will be attempted in such a 
> scenario. Instead, the HttpURLConnection.connect() method will fail 
> and throw an IOException which occurred from the last proxy tested. 
> This behavior now matches with the HTTP connections made by popular 
> web browsers. But this change will bring compatibility issues for the 
> applications expecting a DIRECT connection when a proxy server is down 
> or when wrong proxies are provided.
> *
>
> JDK 9 Outreach Survey*
>
> In order to encourage and receive additional feedback from developers 
> testing their applications with JDK 9,
> the OpenJDK Quality Outreach effort has put together a very brief 
> survey about your experiences with JDK 9 so far.
>
> It is available at***https://www.surveymonkey.de/r/JDK9EA*
>
> We would love to hear feedback from you!
>
>
> Rgds,Rory
> -- 
> Rgds,Rory O'Donnell
> Quality Engineering Manager
> Oracle EMEA , Dublin, Ireland