JDK 12 & JMC 7.0.0 Early Access builds are available

[Rory O'Donnell]

Hi Luke,

JDK 11 build 28 is our first JDK 11 Release Candidate [1]

• JDK 11 build 28 is available at : - jdk.java.net/11/

JDK 12 Early Access build 10 is available at : - jdk.java.net/12/

• Release Notes for JDK 12 [2]
• JEPs integrated to JDK 12:
• 325: Switch Expressions (Preview [3])
• JEPs proposed to target JDK 12:
• 326: Raw String Literals (Preview [3])

FOSS bug fixes in recent builds.

• Apache Ant -  JDK-8209965 (b09)

Other important fixes in JDK 12

• Disabled all DES TLS Cipher Suites (JDK-8208350)
• DES-based TLS cipher suites are considered obsolete and should no longer be used

JMC 7.0.0 Early Access build 04 is available at :- http://jdk.java.net/jmc/

• Overview - summary [4]
• These early-access, open-source builds are provided under the Universal Permissive License, version 1.0.
• Feedback via the http://bugreport.java.com/
• Be sure to include jmc application Build id from "Help" - "About JDK Mission Control".

Rgds, Rory

[1] http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk-dev/2018-August/001844.html
[2] http://jdk.java.net/12/release-notes
[3] http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/12
[4] https://download.java.net/java/early_access/jmc7/core/common/docs/api/overview-summary.html

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