I was actually sure this will happen..Only now the integration of java and Oracle will be a really good... Overall, the acquistion startegy of Oracle has worked for it quite well..Only now, the trouble grows for Windows to improve its suite of development products..Again, it will focus on user-friendliness and ease of use..
Regards, jd On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 6:07 PM, Jan Goyvaerts <[email protected]>wrote: > 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]<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.
