Hi Benedikt,
*Per the JDK 14 schedule , we are now in Rampdown Phase One*
*Please advise if you have found any issues while testing the latest
Early Access build.
*
* Schedule for JDK 14
o *2019/12/12 Rampdown Phase One*
o 2020/01/16 Rampdown Phase Two
o 2020/02/06 Initial Release Candidate
o 2020/02/20 Final Release Candidate
o 2020/03/17 General Availability
* The overall feature set is frozen.
o No further JEPs will be targeted to this release
o For more details , see Mark Reinhold's email to jdk-dev mailing
list [1]
* Features included in JDK 14:.
o JEP 305: Pattern Matching for instanceof (Preview)
<http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/305>
o JEP 343: Packaging Tool (Incubator)
<http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/343>
o JEP 345: NUMA-Aware Memory Allocation for G1
<http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/345>
o JEP 349: JFR Event Streaming <http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/349>
o JEP 352: Non-Volatile Mapped Byte Buffers
<http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/352>
o JEP 358: Helpful NullPointerExceptions
<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/358>
o JEP 359: Records (Preview) <http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/359>
JEP 359: Records (Preview) <http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/359>
o JEP 361: Switch Expressions (Standard)
<http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/361>
o JEP 362: Deprecate the Solaris and SPARC Ports
<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/362>
o JEP 363: Remove the Concurrent Mark Sweep Garbage Collector
<http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/363>
o JEP 364: ZGC on macOS <http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/364>
o JEP 365 ZGC on Windows <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/365>
o JEP 366: Deprecate ParallelScavenge SerialOld GC Combination
<http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/366>
o JEP 367: Remove the Pack200 Tools and API
<http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/367>
o JEP 368: Text Blocks (Second Preview)
<http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/368>
o JEP 370: Foreign-Memory Access API (Incubator)
<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/370>
*JDK 14 **Early Access build 27 **is available**at : - jdk.java.net/14/*
* Release notes
o https://jdk.java.net/14/release-notes
* Recent fixes that might be of interest
o Build 27:
+ JDK-8212780: Packaging Tool Implementation
+ JDK-8234370: Implementation of JEP 362: Deprecate the
Solaris and SPARC Ports
+ JDK-8190492: Remove SSLv2Hello and SSLv3 from default
enabled TLS protocols
+ JDK-8214481: freetype path does not disable TrueType hinting
with AA+FM hints
+ JDK-8234076: JVM crashes on Windows 10 using --module=NAME
+ JDK-8222756: Plural support in CompactNumberFormat
+ JDK-8234211: allow discoverable javac plugins to be invoked
by default
o Build 26:
+ JDK-8233223: Add Amazon Root CA certificates
+ JDK-8235263: Revert TLS 1.3 change that wrapped IOExceptions
+ JDK-8234893: ARM32: build failure after JDK-8234387
Rgds, Rory
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https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk-dev/2019-December/003795.html
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Rgds, Rory O'Donnell
Quality Engineering Manager
Oracle EMEA, Dublin, Ireland
