Hi Mark,
OpenJDK 16 Early Access build 21**is now available at
http://jdk.java.net/16
* These early-access , open-source builds are provided under the
o GNU General Public License, version 2, with the Classpath
Exception <http://openjdk.java.net/legal/gplv2+ce.html>.
* Schedule (proposed)
2020/12/10 Rampdown Phase One
2021/01/14 Rampdown Phase Two
2021/02/04 Initial Release Candidate
2021/02/18 Final Release Candidate
2021/03/16 General Availability
* Features:
o JEPs targeted to JDK 16, so far:
+ JEP 338: Vector API (Incubator)
<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/338>
+ JEP 347: Enable C++14 Language Features
<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/347>
+ JEP 357: Migrate from Mercurial to Git
<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/357>
+ JEP 369: Migrate to GitHub <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/369>
+ JEP 376: ZGC: Concurrent Thread-Stack Processing
<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/376>
+ JEP 386: Alpine Linux Port <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/386>
+ JEP 387: Elastic Metaspace <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/387>
+ JEP 388: Windows/AArch64 Port
<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/388>
**
* Changes in recent builds that maybe of interest:
o Build 21
+ JDK-8236862: Enhance support of Proxy class
+ JDK-8237990: Added Property to Control LDAP Authentication
Mechanisms Allowed to Authenticate Over Clear Connections
+ JDK-8242068: Signed JAR support for RSASSA-PSS and EdDSA
+ JDK-8245417: Improve certificate chain handling
+ JDK-8253952: Refine ZipOutputStream.putNextEntry() to
recalculate ZipEntry's compressed size
o Build 20
+ JDK-8232092: (fs) Files::isWritable returns false on a
writeable root directory (win)
# Reported by JUnit5
+ JDK-8248262: Wrong link target in
ModuleDescriptor#isAutomatic's API documentation
# Reported by JUnit5
+ JDK-8253965: Delete the outdated java.awt.PeerFixer class
+ JDK-8253566: clazz.isAssignableFrom will return false for
interface implementors
# Found by Hibernate Validator
+ JDK-8254177: US/Pacific-New Zone name removed as part of
tzdata2020b
o Build 19
+ JDK-8253761: Wrong URI syntax printed by jar --describe-module
# Reported by JUnit5
Project Lanai Early-Access Build: EA 6 Build 16-lanai+2-229
<http://jdk.java.net/lanai/> (2020/10/4)
* These early-access builds are provided under the GNU General Public
License, version 2, with the Classpath Exception
<http://openjdk.java.net/legal/gplv2+ce.html>.
* These builds are based upon the latest state of the current in
development JDK, and so may contain new features and unresolved bugs
unrelated to Project Lanai. Project Lanai Wiki:
https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/lanai/Main
* Please send feedback via e-mail tolanai-...@openjdk.java.net
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Project Panama Early-Access Build: Build 16-panama+2-193
<http://jdk.java.net/panama/> (2020/10/1)
* These early-access, open-source builds are provided under the GNU
General Public License, version 2, with the Classpath Exception
<http://openjdk.java.net/legal/gplv2+ce.html>.
* These builds are based on an incomplete version of JDK 16.
* Please send feedback via e-mail topanama-...@openjdk.java.net
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Oracle JRE and JDK Cryptographic Roadmap has been updated [1]
* Oracle has announced plans to add support for x25519 and x448 named
elliptic curve groups to TLS.
* Support is targeted for JDK 11 with the January 2021 CPU release.
Oracle Critical Patch Update released 21-Oct-2020
* https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
*__*
Rgds,Rory
[1] https://java.com/en/jre-jdk-cryptoroadmap.html
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Rgds, Rory O'Donnell
Quality Engineering Manager
Oracle EMEA, Dublin, Ireland
