Many thanks Andriy! On 26/10/2021 19:25, Andriy Redko wrote:
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://urldefense.com/v3/__https://jdk.java.net/18/__;!!ACWV5N9M2RV99hQ!ZqkipKa8rH4aTgLj59i96RalhRNebdin1PPqs9JsCa_1vKb5ixWpyPnPd3xzPPsrkic$ <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://jdk.java.net/18/__;!!ACWV5N9M2RV99hQ!ZqkipKa8rH4aTgLj59i96RalhRNebdin1PPqs9JsCa_1vKb5ixWpyPnPd3xzPPsrkic$ >** 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://urldefense.com/v3/__https://jdk.java.net/18/release-notes__;!!ACWV5N9M2RV99hQ!ZqkipKa8rH4aTgLj59i96RalhRNebdin1PPqs9JsCa_1vKb5ixWpyPnPd3xz1bGGvKk$ > 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://urldefense.com/v3/__https://inside.java/2021/09/14/podcast-019/__;!!ACWV5N9M2RV99hQ!ZqkipKa8rH4aTgLj59i96RalhRNebdin1PPqs9JsCa_1vKb5ixWpyPnPd3xzuFWVM0g$ ROD> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://inside.java/2021/09/14/podcast-019/__;!!ACWV5N9M2RV99hQ!ZqkipKa8rH4aTgLj59i96RalhRNebdin1PPqs9JsCa_1vKb5ixWpyPnPd3xzuFWVM0g$ >* ROD> o *Part 2: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://inside.java/2021/09/27/podcast-020/__;!!ACWV5N9M2RV99hQ!ZqkipKa8rH4aTgLj59i96RalhRNebdin1PPqs9JsCa_1vKb5ixWpyPnPd3xzKopQRjw$ ROD> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://inside.java/2021/09/27/podcast-020/__;!!ACWV5N9M2RV99hQ!ZqkipKa8rH4aTgLj59i96RalhRNebdin1PPqs9JsCa_1vKb5ixWpyPnPd3xzKopQRjw$ >* ROD> * *G1 GC & Parallel GC Improvements in JDK 17* ROD> o *https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://inside.java/2021/09/17/jdk-17-gc-updates/__;!!ACWV5N9M2RV99hQ!ZqkipKa8rH4aTgLj59i96RalhRNebdin1PPqs9JsCa_1vKb5ixWpyPnPd3xzUOz43Ig$ ROD> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://inside.java/2021/09/17/jdk-17-gc-updates/__;!!ACWV5N9M2RV99hQ!ZqkipKa8rH4aTgLj59i96RalhRNebdin1PPqs9JsCa_1vKb5ixWpyPnPd3xzUOz43Ig$ >* ROD> * ZGC - What's new in JDK 17** ROD> o *https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://inside.java/2021/10/05/zgc-in-jdk17/__;!!ACWV5N9M2RV99hQ!ZqkipKa8rH4aTgLj59i96RalhRNebdin1PPqs9JsCa_1vKb5ixWpyPnPd3xz65PzNMU$ ROD> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://inside.java/2021/10/05/zgc-in-jdk17/__;!!ACWV5N9M2RV99hQ!ZqkipKa8rH4aTgLj59i96RalhRNebdin1PPqs9JsCa_1vKb5ixWpyPnPd3xz65PzNMU$ >* ROD> * JDK 17 Security Enhancements** ROD> o *https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://inside.java/2021/09/15/jdk-17-security-enhancements/__;!!ACWV5N9M2RV99hQ!ZqkipKa8rH4aTgLj59i96RalhRNebdin1PPqs9JsCa_1vKb5ixWpyPnPd3xzqkd-7hw$ ROD> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://inside.java/2021/09/15/jdk-17-security-enhancements/__;!!ACWV5N9M2RV99hQ!ZqkipKa8rH4aTgLj59i96RalhRNebdin1PPqs9JsCa_1vKb5ixWpyPnPd3xzqkd-7hw$ >* ROD> * The Vector API in JDK 17 (video)** ROD> o *https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://inside.java/2021/09/23/devlive-vector-api/__;!!ACWV5N9M2RV99hQ!ZqkipKa8rH4aTgLj59i96RalhRNebdin1PPqs9JsCa_1vKb5ixWpyPnPd3xziPg1NXU$ ROD> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://inside.java/2021/09/23/devlive-vector-api/__;!!ACWV5N9M2RV99hQ!ZqkipKa8rH4aTgLj59i96RalhRNebdin1PPqs9JsCa_1vKb5ixWpyPnPd3xziPg1NXU$ >* ROD> * Faster Charset Encoding** ROD> o *https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://inside.java/2021/10/17/faster-charset-encoding/__;!!ACWV5N9M2RV99hQ!ZqkipKa8rH4aTgLj59i96RalhRNebdin1PPqs9JsCa_1vKb5ixWpyPnPd3xzqayZ_IY$ ROD> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://inside.java/2021/10/17/faster-charset-encoding/__;!!ACWV5N9M2RV99hQ!ZqkipKa8rH4aTgLj59i96RalhRNebdin1PPqs9JsCa_1vKb5ixWpyPnPd3xzqayZ_IY$ >* ROD> _JDK 18:_ ROD> * JEP 400 and the Default Charset ROD> o https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://inside.java/2021/10/04/the-default-charset-jep400/__;!!ACWV5N9M2RV99hQ!ZqkipKa8rH4aTgLj59i96RalhRNebdin1PPqs9JsCa_1vKb5ixWpyPnPd3xzuTn4dkk$ ROD> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://inside.java/2021/10/04/the-default-charset-jep400/__;!!ACWV5N9M2RV99hQ!ZqkipKa8rH4aTgLj59i96RalhRNebdin1PPqs9JsCa_1vKb5ixWpyPnPd3xzuTn4dkk$ > ROD> * JDK 18 augmented `javac -Xlint:serial` checks ROD> o https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://inside.java/2021/10/20/augmented-serial-checks__;!!ACWV5N9M2RV99hQ!ZqkipKa8rH4aTgLj59i96RalhRNebdin1PPqs9JsCa_1vKb5ixWpyPnPd3xzy_PKzlg$ ROD> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://inside.java/2021/10/20/augmented-serial-checks/__;!!ACWV5N9M2RV99hQ!ZqkipKa8rH4aTgLj59i96RalhRNebdin1PPqs9JsCa_1vKb5ixWpyPnPd3xzZJ-mIdU$ > ROD> _Project Panama - Foreign Function & Memory API:_ ROD> * Finalizing the Foreign APIs ROD> o https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://inside.java/2021/09/16/finalizing-the-foreign-apis/__;!!ACWV5N9M2RV99hQ!ZqkipKa8rH4aTgLj59i96RalhRNebdin1PPqs9JsCa_1vKb5ixWpyPnPd3xz8IRPH5c$ ROD> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://inside.java/2021/09/16/finalizing-the-foreign-apis/__;!!ACWV5N9M2RV99hQ!ZqkipKa8rH4aTgLj59i96RalhRNebdin1PPqs9JsCa_1vKb5ixWpyPnPd3xz8IRPH5c$ > ROD> * Resource Scope Dependencies ROD> o https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://inside.java/2021/10/12/panama-scope-dependencies/__;!!ACWV5N9M2RV99hQ!ZqkipKa8rH4aTgLj59i96RalhRNebdin1PPqs9JsCa_1vKb5ixWpyPnPd3xzKUIuqDY$ ROD> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://inside.java/2021/10/12/panama-scope-dependencies/__;!!ACWV5N9M2RV99hQ!ZqkipKa8rH4aTgLj59i96RalhRNebdin1PPqs9JsCa_1vKb5ixWpyPnPd3xzKUIuqDY$ > 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
-- Rgds, Rory O'Donnell Quality Engineering Manager Oracle EMEA, Dublin, Ireland
