Hi Benedikt, **
*OpenJDK 17 Early Access build 21 is now available at
**https://jdk.java.net/17* <https://jdk.java.net/17>
* These early-access , open-source builds are provided under the
o GNU General Public License, version 2, with the Classpath
Exception <https://openjdk.java.net/legal/gplv2+ce.html>
* Schedule
o 2021/06/10 Rampdown Phase One
o 2021/07/15 Rampdown Phase Two
o 2021/08/05 Initial Release Candidate
o 2021/08/19 Final Release Candidate
o 2021/09/14 General Availability
* JEPs targeted to JDK 17, so far:
o JEP 356: Enhanced Pseudo-Random Number Generators
<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/356>
o JEP 382: New macOS Rendering Pipeline
<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/382>
o JEP 391: macOS/AArch64 Port <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/391>
o JEP 398: Deprecate the Applet API for Removal
<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/398>
o JEP 410: Remove the Experimental AOT and JIT Compiler
<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/410>
* Release Notes are available at https://jdk.java.net/17/release-notes
<https://jdk.java.net/17/release-notes>
* Changes in recent builds that maybe of interest:
o Build 21:
+ JDK-8196415: JARs signed with SHA-1 algorithms are
restricted by default.
+ JDK-8265989: System property for the native character
encoding name.
+ JDK-8265137: java.util.Random suddenly has new public
methods nowhere documented.
# [*Reported by Apache Lucene]*
o Build 20
+ JDK-8037397: RegEx pattern matching loses character class
after intersection (&&) operator.
+ JDK-8264208: A new public method that returns the `Charset`
used in the `Console.
o Build 19
+ JDK-8228988: AnnotationParser throws NullPointerException on
incompatible member type.
# *[Reported by ByteBuddy]*
+ JDK-8258794: Support for CLDR version 39.
+ JDK-8262108: SimpleDateFormat formatting broken for sq_MK
Locale.
# *[**Reported by ApacheCommons]*
o Build 18
+ JDK-8260693: Provide the support for specifying a signer in
keytool -genkeypair.
+ JDK-8263763: Synthetic constructor parameters of enum are
not considered for annotation indices.
# *[Reported by ByteBuddy]*
*Topics of interest from 'Insider Java':*
* Security and Sandboxing Post SecurityManager : Link
<https://inside.java/2021/04/23/security-and-sandboxing-post-securitymanager/>
* Foreign Memory Access and NIO channels - Going Further : Link
<https://inside.java/2021/04/21/fma-and-nio-channels/>
*Project Loom Early-Access Build: **Build 17-loom+6-225*
<https://jdk.java.net/loom/>*(2021/4/1)*
* These early-access builds are provided under the GNU General Public
License, version 2, with the Classpath Exception
<https://openjdk.java.net/legal/gplv2+ce.html>.
* These builds are produced for the purpose of gathering feedback. Use
for any other purpose is at your own risk.
* Please send feedback via e-mail to loom-...@openjdk.java.net
<mailto:loom-...@openjdk.java.net>. To send e-mail to this address
you must first subscribe to the mailing list
<https://mail.openjdk.java.net/mailman/listinfo/loom-dev>.**
*April 2021 Critical Patch Update Released:*
* As part of the April 2021 CPU we released JDK 16.0.1, JDK 11.0.11
LTS, JDK 8u291 and JDK 7u301 as well as OpenJDK 16.0.1 (publicly
available).
Rgds,Rory
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Rgds, Rory O'Donnell
Quality Engineering Manager
Oracle EMEA, Dublin, Ireland
