JDK 12 enters Rampdown Phase One

[Rory O'Donnell]

Hi Luke,

JDK 12 Early Access build 22 is now available at : - jdk.java.net/12/

• Per the JDK 12 schedule [1], we are now in Rampdown Phase One.
• For more details , see Mark Reinhold's email to jdk-dev mailing list [2] 
• The overall feature set is frozen, no further JEPs will be targeted to this release.
• We’ve forked the main-line source repository, jdk/jdk, to the JDK 12 stabilization repository.

Changes since the last availability email

• JEP 189: Shenandoah: A Low-Pause-Time Garbage Collector (Experimental) moved to Targeted.
• JEP 334: JVM Constants API moved to Targeted.
• JEP 344: Abortable Mixed Collections for G1 moved  to Targeted.
• JEP 346: Promptly Return Unused Committed Memory from G1 to Targeted.
• JEP 326: Raw String Literals (Preview) Proposed to drop from JDK 12
• link to proposal on jdk-dev

Bug fixes reported by Open Source Projects  :

• JDK-8211051 - fixed in b22 - reported by JUnit5
• JDK-8211422 - fixed in b23 - reported by Apache Batik

The Java Crypto Roadmap has been updated with the following target:

• With the 2019-04-16 CPU,
  
• Targeted Releases - JDK 12, JDK 11, JDK 8, and JDK 7 
• Distrust TLS server certificates anchored by Symantec Root CAs.

Oracle Java SE 8 Release Updates [3]

• Public updates for Oracle Java SE 8 released after January 2019 will not be available for business, commercial or production use without a commercial license.

Rgds, Rory

[1] http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk/12/#Schedule
[2] http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk-dev/2018-December/002405.html
[3] https://java.com/en/download/release_notice.jsp

-- 
Rgds,Rory O'Donnell
Quality Engineering Manager
Oracle EMEA , Dublin, Ireland