I am a bit slow in sending out the announcement, but https://jdk.java.net/lanai/ is now hosting the EA 6 build of Lanai
EA 6 Build 16-lanai+2-229 (2020/10/4) Please do give it a try (-Dsun.java2d.metal=true) and let us know of issues. EA 6 contains the following new bug fixes relative to EA 5 * 8253931: Lanai: MTLTexturePool refactoring <https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8253931> * 8253840: Lanai - MTLClip.beginShapeClip method uses a larger temporary buffer than needed <https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8253840> * 8252790: Lanai: Refactor RenderPerfTest to run single test by name <https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8252790> * 8253657: Lanai: Refactor MTLTexturePool - getTexture <https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8253657> * 8251475: sun/java2d/pipe/hw/RSLAPITest/RSLAPITest.java fails with metal pipeline <https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8251475> * 8246194: Performance of Mix.Balls decreases when Rendering Quality option is Selected <https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8246194> * 8252796: Lanai: Shape clip test artifacts on MacBook Air 2020 <https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8252796> * 8252499: UI text of application with metal pipeline is lost when another application is launched with OpenGL pipeline <https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8252499> * 8253301: Lanai: Memory leak in MTLContext code <https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8253301> * 8253260: Fix whitespace errors in .m and .metal files in lanai repo <https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8253260> * 8252795: Lanai: Refactor native implementation of MTLPaint <https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8252795> * 8251023: Clipping of Image doesnt work when Alpha composite is enabled in J2DDemo <https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8251023> * 8252880: Image operations are not working with metal <https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8252880> * 8252895: Black background in SwingSet2 in Nimbus LAF <https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8252895> * 8252949: Shape clip should use identity transform for drawing clip spans <https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8252949> -phil.
