JDK 18 Early-Access builds 23 are available

Hello Francesco, I’m happy to announce that moving forward Oracle’s Java DevRel Team will manage the Quality Outreach Program. I would like to thank Rory for all the efforts he's put into this program and wish him all the joy and happiness that retirement can bring! We have big shoes to fill

JDK 18: Rampdown Phase 1 & Early-Access builds 27

Francesco, Thank you for being part of the OpenJDK Quality Outreach Program. As year-end 2021 approaches, I'd like to share some updates on JDK 18, which is scheduled for General Availability on March 22, 2022. JDK 18 has now entered Rampdown Phase One (RDP1) [1], which means that the

JDK 18 Release Candidate builds & JDK 19 Early-Access builds

Francesco, The Release Candidates of JDK 18 have been released [1]. At this stage, only P1 issues will be evaluated [2]. And with the JDK 18 General Availability sets for March 22nd, it is now time to shift the focus to JDK 19. I'd like to thank those of you who have already provided

JDK 18 General Availability, and oracle-actions/setup-java

Greetings! JDK 18 has been released (General Availability) on March 22nd as planned, the release cadence is working like clockwork! As a small token of gratitude, some of you have been specifically acknowledged in the "The Arrival of Java 18" announcement [1]. On behalf of the entire team,

JDK 18 Rampdown Phase 2 & JDK 19 Early-Access Builds

Greetings! First off, on behalf of Oracle’s Java Team, I’d like to wish you a happy and prosperous new year! In 2022, two Java releases will be made available: - JDK 18 (March 2022) - JDK 19 (September 2022) JDK 18[1] has entered Rampdown Phase Two (RDP2)[2]. Given that and to be better

JDK 21 Is Now GA, a New VS Code Extension, and an Annotation Processing Heads-up

Greetings! JDK 21 has been released (General Availability) on September 19th as planned. You can find "The Arrival of Java 21" announcement here [1], and some additional Java 21 materials in the "Topics of Interest" section below. On behalf of the entire Java team, let me send our thanks to

Re: [External] : RE: JDK 21 Is Now GA, a New VS Code Extension, and an Annotation Processing Heads-up

Francesco, Thanks fort the feedback, that looks good!  --David From: Francesco Chicchiriccò Date: Monday, 23 October 2023 at 11:37 To: David Delabassee Cc: dev@syncope.apache.org Subject: [External] : RE: JDK 21 Is Now GA, a New VS Code Extension, and an Annotation Processing Heads-up Hi

JDK 21 Release Candidates & JVM Language Summit

Greetings! JDK 21 is now in the Release Candidate Phase so everything is on track for the Java 21 GA release on September 19th! If you haven't done so, please start testing your project(s) using JDK 22 Early-Access builds and let us know the results. In other news, the JVM Language Summit

New JDK 19 EA builds and JCE Survey!

Greetings! The proposed schedule for JDK 19 is now known [1] with ‘Rampdown Phase One’ set for June 9th and ‘General Availability’ set for September 20th. The next several weeks will be interesting to watch as the scope of JDK 19 is revealed. You also play an important roll during these

JDK 19 - Virtual Threads Testing!

Welcome to a new OpenJDK Quality Outreach update! This time, we have one update but a major one: JEP 425 (Virtual Threads preview) has been integrated into the OpenJDK mainline! JDK 19 Early-Access builds 22 are the first mainline builds with Virtual Threads (preview) support. So, Project

JDK 19: Rampdown Phase 1 + EA builds 26 & JDK 20: EA builds 1

Greetings! JDK 19 has now entered Rampdown Phase One (RDP1) [1], which means that the main-line has been forked into a dedicated JDK 19 stabilization repository. At this point, the overall JDK 19 feature set is frozen and no additional JEPs will be targeted to JDK 19. The stabilization

JDK 19: Rampdown Phase 2 + JavaOne

Greetings! JDK 19 is now in Rampdown Phase Two [1]. The overall feature set is frozen. Per the JDK Release Process [2] we now turn our focus to P1 and P2 bugs, which can be fixed with approval [3]. Late enhancements are still possible, with approval, but the bar is now extraordinarily high

JDK 19 first Release Candidates!

Greetings! I hope you had a chance to take some time off. On our side, and despite the summer vacation, everything is on track for the Java 19 GA release on September 20th with JDK 19 now in the Release Candidate Phase [1]. If you haven't done so yet, it is time to start testing your

JDK 19 GA, JDK 20 EAb16, and some heads-up!

Greetings! JDK 19 has been released (General Availability) on September 2Oth as planned, the release cadence is working like clockwork! You can find the "The Arrival of Java 19" announcement here [1], and some additional Java 19 material in the "Topics of Interest" section below. On behalf of

JDK 20 Rampdown Phase 1 & Valhalla LW4 Early-Access builds

Welcome to the final OpenJDK Quality Outreach update for 2022! JDK 20, scheduled for General Availability on March 21 2023, is now in Rampdown Phase One (RDP1) [1]. At this point, the overall JDK 20 [2] feature set is frozen (see below the final list of JEPs integrated into JDK 20) and only

JDK 20 Rampdown Phase 2 & JMX Heads-up

Hi, First off, on behalf of Oracle’s Java Team, I’d like to wish you a happy and prosperous new year! In 2023, two Java releases will be made available: JDK 20 (March) &  JDK 21 (September). JDK 20 [1] has entered Rampdown Phase Two (RDP2) [2], its initial Release Candidate is planned for

JDK 20 EAb22, ZenGC EA builds, JavaFX 20 EAb5 and several heads-ups!

Greetings, With JavaOne in Las Vegas, last month was epically busy! It was great to finally have the ability to meet and discuss the Quality Outreach program with some of you... face-to-face! This installment of the newsletter is packed as we have several heads-ups, including new

JDK 20 is now GA, JDK 21 Early-Access builds, and 2 important heads-up!

Welcome to the latest OpenJDK Quality Outreach update! Last week was busy as we released both Java 20 and JavaFX 20. To celebrate the launch, we hosted a live event focused on Java 20, i.e. Level Up Java Day. All the sessions recordings will be made available shortly on the YouTube Java

JDK 20 Release Candidate and Deprecation

Welcome to the latest OpenJDK Quality Outreach update! The first Release Candidates of JDK 20 have been released [1] as per the schedule [2]. At this stage, only P1 issues will be evaluated. And with the JDK 20 General Availability sets for March 21st, it is now time to fully focus on JDK 21.

JDK 22 is in Rampdown Phase 2 | Annotation Processing Change Heads-up

Welcome to the OpenJDK Quality Outreach summer update. JDK 21 is now in Rampdown Phase Two [1], its overall feature has been frozen a few weeks ago. Per the JDK Release Process [2] we have now turned our focus to P1 and P2 bugs, which can be fixed with approval [3]. Late enhancements are still

JDK 21 is in Rampdown / The importance of testing with Early-Access Builds

Welcome to the OpenJDK Quality Outreach June update. JDK 21 has entered Rampdown Phase One (RDP1) [1], which means that the main-line has been forked into a dedicated JDK 21 stabilization repository. At this point, the overall JDK 21 feature set is frozen. Any changes pushed to the main line

JDK 21 EA builds 22 & Sequenced Collections Heads-up

Welcome to the latest OpenJDK Quality Outreach update! The schedule for JDK 21 is now known [1] with Rampdown Phase One (RDP1) phase set for June 8th and General Availability (GA) set for September 19th. As we are getting closer to RDP1, we are gradually getting a better view on the JDK 21

JDK 22 Release Candidates & Virtual Threads pinning heads-up

Welcome to the latest OpenJDK Quality Outreach update! The first JDK 22 Release Candidates builds are now available [1]. At this stage, only P1 issues will still be evaluated. And with the JDK 22 General Availability set for March 19th, it is now time to fully focus on JDK 23. At the time of

JDK 22 Feature Freeze!

Welcome to the final OpenJDK Quality Outreach update of 2023! JDK 22, scheduled for General Availability on March 19, 2024, is now in Rampdown Phase One (RDP1) [1]. At this point, the overall JDK 22 feature set is frozen (see the final list of JEPs integrated into JDK 22 below) and only

JDK 22 RDP2 & Deprecate sun.misc.Unsafe Memory-Access Methods…

Greetings! We are starting 2024 with JDK 22 as it has just entered Rampdown Phase 2 [1]. And with the initial JDK 22 Release Candidates now less than 2 weeks away (Feb. 8th) [2], it is time to shift our attention to JDK 23. After multiple rounds of incubations and preview, the Foreign Function

Java 22 is GA + Heads-up!

Welcome to the latest OpenJDK Quality Outreach update! Java 22 was just released along with JavaFX 22 [1][2]. Thank you to all the projects who contributed to those releases by testing and providing feedback using their respective early-access builds. And to celebrate that, the Java DevRel