Hi Rory,
Thank you very much for tirelessly leading Quality Outreach program all these
years
and helping many projects to stay up to date with OpenJDK releases. We wish you
only the best and BIG thank you!
Best Regards,
Andriy Redko
ROD> Hi Andriy,
ROD> *Thank you.*
ROD> I'm retiring at the end of November 2021, it's time to spend more time
with the family.
ROD> We started the Quality Outreach back in October 2014. We now have 170+
projects participating.
ROD> Thank you for taking the time to provide Testing feedback , excellent bugs
and support throughout
ROD> the last seven years.
ROD> It's been a pleasure working with you. I am delighted to say that the
program will continue
ROD> with the support of the Java DevRel Team, with David Delabassee as your
contact. David has
ROD> been assisting with on-boarding new projects for the last couple of years.
ROD> All the best, Rory
ROD> *OpenJDK 18Early Access build 20is now available
at**https://jdk.java.net/18/ <https://jdk.java.net/18/>**
ROD> *
ROD> * These early-access , open-source builds are provided under the
ROD> o GNU General Public License, version 2, with the Classpath
ROD> Exception <https://openjdk.java.net/legal/gplv2+ce.html>.
ROD> * Release Notes are available athttps://jdk.java.net/18/release-notes
ROD> <https://jdk.java.net/18/release-notes>
ROD> * Features:
ROD> o JEPs integrated to JDK 18, so far:
ROD> + JEP 400: UTF-8 by Default <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/400>
ROD> + JEP 408: Simple Web Server <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/408>
ROD> + JEP 413: Code Snippets in Java API Documentation
ROD> <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/413>
ROD> o JEPs targeted to JDK 18, so far
ROD> + JEP 417: Vector API (Third Incubator)
ROD> <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/417>
ROD> o JEPs proposed to target JDK 18:
ROD> + JEP 416: Reimplement Core Reflection with Method Handles
ROD> <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/416>
ROD> * Significant changes since the last availability email:
ROD> o Build 20:
ROD> + JDK-8275252: Migrate cacerts from JKS to password-less PKCS12
ROD> + JDK-8275149: (ch) ReadableByteChannel returned by
ROD> Channels.newChannel(InputStream) throws ReadOnlyBufferException
ROD> + JDK-8266936: Add a finalization JFR event
ROD> + JDK-8264849: Add KW and KWP support to PKCS11 provider
ROD> o Build 19:
ROD> + JDK-8274840: Update OS detection code to recognize Windows 11
ROD> + JDK-8274407: (tz) Update Timezone Data to 2021c
ROD> + JDK-8273102: Delete deprecated for removal the empty
ROD> finalize() in java.desktop module
ROD> o Build 18:
ROD> + JDK-8274656: Remove default_checksum and safe_checksum_type
ROD> from krb5.conf
ROD> + JDK-8274471: Add support for RSASSA-PSS in OCSP Response
ROD> + JDK-8274227: Remove "impl.prefix" jdk system property usage
ROD> from InetAddress
ROD> + JDK-8274002: [win11 and winserver2022] JDK executable
ROD> installer from network drive starts with huge delay
ROD> + JDK-8273670: Remove weak etypes from default krb5 etype list
ROD> o Build 17:
ROD> + JDK-8273401: Disable JarIndex Support In URLClassPath
ROD> + JDK-8231640: (prop) Canonical property storage
ROD> + Build 16:
ROD> + JDK-8269039: Disable SHA-1 Signed JARs
ROD> *Topics of Interest:*_
ROD> _
ROD> _JDK 17:_**
ROD> **
ROD> * *Inside Java Podcast “Java 17 is Here!”*
ROD> o *Part 1: https://inside.java/2021/09/14/podcast-019/
ROD> <https://inside.java/2021/09/14/podcast-019/>*
ROD> o *Part 2: https://inside.java/2021/09/27/podcast-020/
ROD> <https://inside.java/2021/09/27/podcast-020/>*
ROD> * *G1 GC & Parallel GC Improvements in JDK 17*
ROD> o *https://inside.java/2021/09/17/jdk-17-gc-updates/
ROD> <https://inside.java/2021/09/17/jdk-17-gc-updates/>*
ROD> * ZGC - What's new in JDK 17**
ROD> o *https://inside.java/2021/10/05/zgc-in-jdk17/
ROD> <https://inside.java/2021/10/05/zgc-in-jdk17/>*
ROD> * JDK 17 Security Enhancements**
ROD> o *https://inside.java/2021/09/15/jdk-17-security-enhancements/
ROD> <https://inside.java/2021/09/15/jdk-17-security-enhancements/>*
ROD> * The Vector API in JDK 17 (video)**
ROD> o *https://inside.java/2021/09/23/devlive-vector-api/
ROD> <https://inside.java/2021/09/23/devlive-vector-api/>*
ROD> * Faster Charset Encoding**
ROD> o *https://inside.java/2021/10/17/faster-charset-encoding/
ROD> <https://inside.java/2021/10/17/faster-charset-encoding/>*
ROD> _JDK 18:_
ROD> * JEP 400 and the Default Charset
ROD> o https://inside.java/2021/10/04/the-default-charset-jep400/
ROD> <https://inside.java/2021/10/04/the-default-charset-jep400/>
ROD> * JDK 18 augmented `javac -Xlint:serial` checks
ROD> o https://inside.java/2021/10/20/augmented-serial-checks
ROD> <https://inside.java/2021/10/20/augmented-serial-checks/>
ROD> _Project Panama - Foreign Function & Memory API:_
ROD> * Finalizing the Foreign APIs
ROD> o https://inside.java/2021/09/16/finalizing-the-foreign-apis/
ROD> <https://inside.java/2021/09/16/finalizing-the-foreign-apis/>
ROD> * Resource Scope Dependencies
ROD> o https://inside.java/2021/10/12/panama-scope-dependencies/
ROD> <https://inside.java/2021/10/12/panama-scope-dependencies/>
ROD> ***October 2021 Critical Patch Update Released*
ROD> * As part of the October 2021, we released JDK 17.0.1 LTS, JDK 11.0.13
ROD> LTS, JDK 8u311 and JDK 7u321 as well as OpenJDK 17.0.1 (publicly
ROD> available).
ROD> Rgds,Rory
