Many thanks Rick!

On 17/07/2021 15:03, Rick Hillegas wrote:
Hi Rory,

Derby builds and tests cleanly with the rampdown phase 2 jdk. For more detail, see https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-7110?focusedCommentId=17382573&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel*comment-17382573__;Iw!!ACWV5N9M2RV99hQ!blzixLmzP1yKVBfJSHhvbXFDUjVY7Di_GlrFDyTH5l-FDc0viBLxJQIsVxaQ2tz1enU$
Thanks,
-Rick

On 7/15/21 12:31 PM, Rory O'Donnell wrote:

*Hi Rick, *

*Per the JDK 17 schedule , we are in Rampdown Phase Two [1].*

*Please advise if you find any issues while testing the latest Early Access builds.*

 * Schedule:

     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


The overall feature set is frozen. No further JEPs will be targeted to this release.

 * Features integrated in JDK 17:

     o JEP 306: Restore Always-Strict Floating-Point Semantics
       <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/306>
     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 403: Strongly Encapsulate JDK Internals
       <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/403>
     o JEP 406: Pattern Matching for switch (Preview)
       <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/406>
     o JEP 407: Remove RMI Activation <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/407>
     o JEP 409: Sealed Classes <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/409>
     o JEP 410: Remove the Experimental AOT and JIT Compiler
       <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/410>
     o JEP 411: Deprecate the Security Manager for Removal
       <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/411>
     o JEP 412: Foreign Function & Memory API (Incubator)
       <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/412>
     o JEP 414: Vector API (Second Incubator)
       <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/414>
     o JEP 415: Context-Specific Deserialization Filters
       <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/415>

*
*

*OpenJDK 17 Early Access build 31 is available at **https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://jdk.java.net/17*__;Kg!!ACWV5N9M2RV99hQ!blzixLmzP1yKVBfJSHhvbXFDUjVY7Di_GlrFDyTH5l-FDc0viBLxJQIsVxaQcNFv1jY$ <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://jdk.java.net/17__;!!ACWV5N9M2RV99hQ!blzixLmzP1yKVBfJSHhvbXFDUjVY7Di_GlrFDyTH5l-FDc0viBLxJQIsVxaQNIfzGbE$ >

 * 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>
 * Release Notes are available at https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://jdk.java.net/17/release-notes__;!!ACWV5N9M2RV99hQ!blzixLmzP1yKVBfJSHhvbXFDUjVY7Di_GlrFDyTH5l-FDc0viBLxJQIsVxaQXJYaTfk$ <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://jdk.java.net/17/release-notes__;!!ACWV5N9M2RV99hQ!blzixLmzP1yKVBfJSHhvbXFDUjVY7Di_GlrFDyTH5l-FDc0viBLxJQIsVxaQXJYaTfk$ >


*
*

*OpenJDK 18 Early Access build 6 is available at * *https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://jdk.java.net/18*__;Kg!!ACWV5N9M2RV99hQ!blzixLmzP1yKVBfJSHhvbXFDUjVY7Di_GlrFDyTH5l-FDc0viBLxJQIsVxaQKVJ7mGU$ <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://jdk.java.net/18__;!!ACWV5N9M2RV99hQ!blzixLmzP1yKVBfJSHhvbXFDUjVY7Di_GlrFDyTH5l-FDc0viBLxJQIsVxaQ11HDQQk$ >

 * 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>
 * Release Notes are available at https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://jdk.java.net/18/release-notes__;!!ACWV5N9M2RV99hQ!blzixLmzP1yKVBfJSHhvbXFDUjVY7Di_GlrFDyTH5l-FDc0viBLxJQIsVxaQPPF8kVA$ <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://jdk.java.net/18/release-notes__;!!ACWV5N9M2RV99hQ!blzixLmzP1yKVBfJSHhvbXFDUjVY7Di_GlrFDyTH5l-FDc0viBLxJQIsVxaQPPF8kVA$ >
 * Changes in recent builds that maybe of interest:
     o JDK-8269697: JNI_GetPrimitiveArrayCritical() should not accept
       object array [build 6]
     o JDK-8253119: Remove the legacy PlainSocketImpl and
       PlainDatagramSocketImpl implementation [build 6]
     o JDK-8268960: Prohibit Null for Header Keys and Values in
       com.sun.net.httpserver.Headers [build 5]
     o JDK-8256425: Obsolete Biased Locking in JDK 18 [build 4]

*Topics of Interest: *

 * ‘Inside Java’ Podcast #18: Java's steady march towards strong
   encapsulation <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://inside.java/2021/06/29/podcast-018/__;!!ACWV5N9M2RV99hQ!blzixLmzP1yKVBfJSHhvbXFDUjVY7Di_GlrFDyTH5l-FDc0viBLxJQIsVxaQ_rLnMyk$ >


Rgds,Rory

[1] https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk-dev/2021-July/005752.html <https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk-dev/2021-July/005752.html>




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

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