[announce] 1.8.0.181-1 ojdkbuild release

[Alex Kashchenko]

1.8.0.181-1 release page:
https://github.com/ojdkbuild/ojdkbuild/releases/tag/1.8.0.181-1

jdk8 is a long term release, that is going to be updated in this project
at least until October 2020 (and possibly some years longer).

This release contains changes from July 2018 CPU (
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html#AppendixJAVA
).


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-Alex

[Alex Kashchenko]

Hi,

On 07/28/2018 04:42 PM, Alex Kashchenko wrote:
> 1.8.0.181-1 release page:
> https://github.com/ojdkbuild/ojdkbuild/releases/tag/1.8.0.181-1
>
> jdk8 is a long term release, that is going to be updated in this project
> at least until October 2020 (and possibly some years longer).

An update about the jdk8 lifetime - projected maintenance period for it
in this project is extended to June 2023 (to match the lifetime in RHEL):

https://access.redhat.com/articles/1299013#OpenJDK_Lifecycle_Dates_and_RHEL_versions


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-Alex