Hi Stefan/Jaikiran,
**
*1) Release Announcement: General Availability of Java 12 / JDK 12 [1] *
* JDK 12, the reference implementation of Java 12, is now Generally
Available.
* GPL-licensed OpenJDK builds from Oracle are available here:
https://jdk.java.net/12
This release includes the following eight features:
* JEP 189: Shenandoah: A Low-Pause-Time Garbage Collector (Experimental)
* JEP 230: Microbenchmark Suite
* JEP 334: JVM Constants API
* JEP 340: One AArch64 Port, Not Two
* JEP 341: Default CDS Archives
* JEP 344: Abortable Mixed Collections for G1
* JEP 346: Promptly Return Unused Committed Memory from G1
* JEP 325: Switch Expressions (Preview)
<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/325>
Thanks to everyone who contributed JDK 12, whether by creating features
or enhancements, logging bugs, or downloading and testing the
early-access builds.
*2) JDK 13 EA build 12, under both the GPL and Oracle EA licenses, is
now available at **http://jdk.java.net/13**.*
* Proposed - Schedule for JDK 13 [2]
o 2019/06/13 Rampdown Phase One
o 2019/07/18 Rampdown Phase Two
o 2019/08/08 Initial Release Candidate
o 2019/08/22 Final Release Candidate
o 2019/09/17 General Availability
* Recent Bug fixes of Interest
o Build 9:
+ 8214719: Deprecate -Xverify:none option
+ 8216360: Deprecate -XX:CompilationPolicyChoice
o Build 10:
+ 8218995: Deprecate the -XX:FailOverToOldVerifier option
o Build 12 : 8160247: Mark deprecated javax.security.cert APIs
with forRemoval=true
+ 8220050: Deprecate -XX:-ThreadLocalHandshakes
+ Apache Lucene Reported - 8219448: split-if update_uses
accesses stale idom data
* Changes in this build [3]
Rgds,Rory
[1] https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk-dev/2019-March/002718.html
[2] https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk-dev/2019-March/002716.html
[3] Changes
<http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk/jdk/log?rev=reverse%28%22jdk-13%2B11%22%3A%3A%22jdk-13%2B12%22-%22jdk-13%2B11%22%29&revcount=1000>
in this build
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Rgds,Rory O'Donnell
Quality Engineering Manager
Oracle EMEA , Dublin, Ireland
