The incomplete M8 didn't come as a surprise it seems - judging by the lack of replies.
They're too busy replacing "Sun" by "Oracle" perhaps ? :-) I was under the impression the enterprise Sun would continue to exist as such. Despite the ownership of Oracle. On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 10:10, Jan Goyvaerts <[email protected]> wrote: > Perhaps somebody in here knows where to look for an updated roadmap ? > > This one (http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk7/milestones/) is still > telling 6/3 should have been the first complete version. > > On Jun 5, 5:06 am, opinali <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 4 jun, 14:42, MassH <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > It's very obvious that that milestone schedule page is not kept up to > > > date. > > > > I receive weekly Oracle emails announcing each build (CAP program) and > > it contains the same schedule dta, and they do update it when there is > > some slip (although this is usually not immediate). > > > > But yes, it seems either b96 is not M8, or M8 is not feature-complete. > > Lambdas are missing, but just for a hair: the implementation is > > already committed, see lambda-dev - it's just not landed in the main > > repo. The last couple builds were dominated by Sun->Oracle rebranding > > noise. Anyway, I expect lambdas to land pretty soon, in another build > > or two. > > > > What really worries me is Jigsaw; that is a pretty big changeset (much > > bigger than lambdas). I'm not tracking this but the list archives seem > > to show intense activity... hopefully it's close to landing too? > > > > A+ > > Osvaldo > > > > > > > > > I downloaded and installed this M8 milestone, and after some very > > > brief tests, it doesn't look feature complete. I can't get the new > > > lambda/closure syntax to compile (int i1 = #()(3).();). Also, jsr-310 > > > isn't included. I am most excited about Jigsaw, although I don't know > > > enough to test that out. > > > > > Stuff from older builds looks great: fork/join framework, NIO.2 stuff, > > > and Project Coin features. > > > > > I would imagine that the jdk7 schedule has slipped and they just > > > aren't communicating that at the moment. > > > > > On Jun 4, 5:59 am, Jan Goyvaerts <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > According tohttp:// > openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk7/milestones/M8shouldbe > > > > "feature complete". It has been released at " > http://download.java.net/jdk7/m8/";. > > > > > > Does anyone in here know whether this build really contains all > > > > JDK7-specific changes ? > > > > > > Btw, maybe, just maybe, it's about time to have the EA download page > (http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/ea.jsp) point to the latest > milestone > > > > instead of M5 ? ;-) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<javaposse%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
