JDK 14 - Early Access build 17 is available

[Rory O'Donnell]

Hi Benedikt,

*OpenJDK builds *- JDK 14 - Early Access build 17 is available at 
http://jdk.java.net/14/

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

 * 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

 * Release notes
     o https://jdk.java.net/14/release-notes

 * JEPs targeted to JDK 14, so far
     o 352 - Non-Volatile Mapped Byte Buffers
       <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/352>
     o 358 - Helpful NullPointerExceptions
       <http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/358>
 * Recent Bug fixes of Interest
     o Build 16:-
         + JDK-8228580: DnsClient TCP socket timeout
         + JDK-8229800: WindowsServerCore 1809 does not provide
           d2d1.dll library required by awt.dll
         + JDK-8230814: Enable SAX ContentHandler to handle XML Declaration
     o Build 15:-
         + JDK-8229202: Docker reporting causes secondary crashes in
           error handling
         + JDK-8223490: Optimize search algorithm for determining
           default time zone
 * Changes in this build
   
<http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk/jdk/log?rev=reverse%28%22jdk-14%2B16%22%3A%3A%22jdk-14%2B17%22-%22jdk-14%2B16%22%29&revcount=1000>

*jpackage EA -* Build 14-jpackage+1-49 (2019/10/2)

 * This is an early access build of JEP 343: Packaging Tool
   <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/343>, aimed at testing a prototype
   implementation of jpackage, which is a new tool for packaging
   self-contained Java applications along with a Java Runtime Environment.
 * These early-access builds are provided under the GNU General Public
   License, version 2, with the Classpath Exception
   <http://openjdk.java.net/legal/gplv2+ce.html>
 * Build 14 is now available http://jdk.java.net/jpackage/
 * Please send feedback via e-mail to core-libs-...@openjdk.java.net
   <mailto:core-libs-...@openjdk.java.net>

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     CodeOne

 * Missed some of the Core Java Platform track, see a thread of some of
   the captured sessions: here
   <https://twitter.com/Sharat_Chander/status/1176202284134330368?s=20>


Rgds,Rory


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