OpenJDK 17 Early Access build 21 is now available at https://jdk.java.net/17
* These early-access , open-source builds are provided under the
* GNU General Public License, version 2, with the Classpath
Exception<https://openjdk.java.net/legal/gplv2+ce.html>
* Schedule
* 2021/06/10 Rampdown Phase One
* 2021/07/15 Rampdown Phase Two
* 2021/08/05 Initial Release Candidate
* 2021/08/19 Final Release Candidate
* 2021/09/14 General Availability
* JEPs targeted to JDK 17, so far:
* JEP 356: Enhanced Pseudo-Random Number
Generators<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/356>
* JEP 382: New macOS Rendering
Pipeline<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/382>
* JEP 391: macOS/AArch64 Port<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/391>
* JEP 398: Deprecate the Applet API for
Removal<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/398>
* JEP 410: Remove the Experimental AOT and JIT
Compiler<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/410>
* Release Notes are available at https://jdk.java.net/17/release-notes
* Changes in recent builds that maybe of interest:
* Build 21:
* JDK-8196415: JARs signed with SHA-1 algorithms are restricted by
default.
* JDK-8265989: System property for the native character encoding name.
* JDK-8265137: java.util.Random suddenly has new public methods
nowhere documented.
* [Reported by Apache Lucene]
* Build 20
* JDK-8037397: RegEx pattern matching loses character class after
intersection (&&) operator.
* JDK-8264208: A new public method that returns the `Charset` used in
the `Console.
* Build 19
* JDK-8228988: AnnotationParser throws NullPointerException on
incompatible member type.
* [Reported by ByteBuddy]
* JDK-8258794: Support for CLDR version 39.
* JDK-8262108: SimpleDateFormat formatting broken for sq_MK Locale.
* [Reported by ApacheCommons]
* Build 18
* JDK-8260693: Provide the support for specifying a signer in keytool
-genkeypair.
* JDK-8263763: Synthetic constructor parameters of enum are not
considered for annotation indices.
* [Reported by ByteBuddy]
Topics of interest from 'Insider Java':
* Security and Sandboxing Post SecurityManager :
Link<https://inside.java/2021/04/23/security-and-sandboxing-post-securitymanager/>
* Foreign Memory Access and NIO channels - Going Further :
Link<https://inside.java/2021/04/21/fma-and-nio-channels/>
Project Loom Early-Access Build: Build
17-loom+6-225<https://jdk.java.net/loom/> (2021/4/1)
* These early-access builds are provided under the GNU General Public
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April 2021 Critical Patch Update Released:
* As part of the April 2021 CPU we released JDK 16.0.1, JDK 11.0.11 LTS,
JDK 8u291 and JDK 7u301 as well as OpenJDK 16.0.1 (publicly available).
Regards
Deepak
