Hi All,
JDK 9 Early Access b162 is available on
java.net, summary of changes are listed here
.
There is one fix for a bug reported by Open Source projects since
the last availability email :
- b161 - JDK 8176265
Method overload resolution on a covariant base type
doesn't work in 9
Other change that maybe of interest:
- b162 - JDK 8176503 security-libs Disable SHA-1 TLS Server
Certificates
Better tools for adjusting to strong encapsulation - please
read Mark Reinhold's email on this topic [1]
Quality Outreach Report for March 2017 is available
[2], many thanks for your continued support
and welcome to the new projects!
Schedule - JDK 9 Rampdown Phase 2: Proposal
accepted [3].
The overall goal of this process is to ensure that we fix just the
bugs that must be fixed in order to ensure a successful release.
Oracle's JRE and JDK Cryptographic Roadmap has been updated since
last availability email [4]
Rgds,Rory
[1]
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jigsaw-dev/2017-March/011763.html
[2]
https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/quality/Quality+Outreach+report+March+2017
[3]
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk9-dev/2017-March/005689.html
[4]
https://www.java.com/en/jre-jdk-cryptoroadmap.html
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Rgds,Rory O'Donnell
Quality Engineering Manager
Oracle EMEA , Dublin, Ireland
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