Per the JDK 17 schedule , we are now in the Release Candidate Phase [1][2].
Please advise if you find any issues while testing the latest Early Access
builds.
* Schedule:
* 2021/08/05 Initial Release Candidate
* 2021/08/19 Final Release Candidate
* 2021/09/14 General Availability
The overall feature set is frozen. No further JEPs will be targeted to this
release.
* Features integrated in JDK 17:
* JEP 306: Restore Always-Strict Floating-Point
Semantics<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/306>
* 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 403: Strongly Encapsulate JDK
Internals<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/403>
* JEP 406: Pattern Matching for switch
(Preview)<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/406>
* JEP 407: Remove RMI Activation<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/407>
* JEP 409: Sealed Classes<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/409>
* JEP 410: Remove the Experimental AOT and JIT
Compiler<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/410>
* JEP 411: Deprecate the Security Manager for
Removal<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/411>
* JEP 412: Foreign Function & Memory API
(Incubator)<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/412>
* JEP 414: Vector API (Second
Incubator)<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/414>
* JEP 415: Context-Specific Deserialization
Filters<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/415>
OpenJDK 17 Early Access build 35 is 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>
* Release Notes are available at https://jdk.java.net/17/release-notes
* Changes in recent builds that maybe of interest:
* JDK-8270866: NPE in DocTreePath.getTreePath() [build 33]
* Reported by jOOQ
Topics of Interest:
* The latest Newscast covers 17's JEP
356<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/356>: Enhanced Pseudo-Random Number
Generators - Here<https://inside.java/2021/07/29/insidejava-newscast-009/>
* The latest JEP Café cover 17's JEP 409<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/409>
: Sealed Classes - Here<https://inside.java/2021/07/22/jepcafe2/>
* A few updates to JEP 411<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/411>: Deprecate
the Security Manager for Removal -
Here<https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/security-dev/2021-July/026806.html>
OpenJDK 18 Early Access build 9 is available at https://jdk.java.net/18
* 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>
* Release Notes are available at https://jdk.java.net/18/release-notes
* Changes in recent builds that maybe of interest:
* JDK-8225082: Remove IdenTrust certificate that is expiring in
September 2021 [build 9]
* JDK-8251329: Zip File System Provider Throws ZipException when entry
name element contains "." or ".." [build 9]
* JDK-8271359: NPE in DocTreePath.getTreePath() [build 8]
* Reported by jOOQ
July 2021 Critical Patch Update Released
* As part of the July 2021, we released JDK 16.0.2, JDK 11.0.12 LTS, JDK
8u301 and JDK 7u311 as well as OpenJDK 16.0.2 (publicly available)
Regards
Deepak
[1] https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk-dev/2021-August/005894.html
[2] https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk-dev/2021-August/005906.html
