JDK 16 is now in the Release Candidate Phase

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JDK 16 is now in the Release Candidate Phase

Rory O'Donnell

Hi All,  

Per the JDK 16 schedule , we are in the Release Candidate Phase [1] .

Please advise if you find any issues while testing the latest Early Access builds.

  • Schedule for JDK 16
    • 2021/02/04  Initial Release Candidate
    • 2021/02/18  Final Release Candidate
    • 2021/03/16  General Availability
  • Release Notes [2]

OpenJDK 16 Early Access build 35 is now available at http://jdk.java.net/16

  • These early-access, open-source builds are provided under the GNU General Public License, version 2, with the Classpath Exception.
  • Features [3] - the overall feature set is frozen. No further JEPs will be targeted to this release.
  • Changes in recent builds that maybe of interest:
    • Build 34:
      • JDK-8259025: Record compact constructor using Objects.requireNonNull
        • Reported by JUnit5
    • Build 32:
      • JDK-8259014: Incomplete support for Unix domain sockets in Windows 2019 Server

Project Lanai EA 9 Build 17-lanai+2-49 (2021/1/20) is available now
Project Loom Build 17-loom+2-42 (2021/1/14) based on JDK-17+5 is available now

OpenJDK 17 Early Access build 8 is now available at http://jdk.java.net/17

  • These early-access, open-source builds are provided under the GNU General Public License, version 2, with the Classpath Exception.
  • Changes in recent builds that maybe of interest:
    • Build 8:
      • JDK-8222850: Misleading cascade compiler error in switch expression with undefined vars
        • Reported by jOOQ.
      • JDK-8217633: Configurable extensions with system properties
      • JDK-8249867: DOM LSSerializer control of newline after XML header
      • JDK-8256421: Added 2 HARICA Root CA Certificates
      • JDK-8259801: Enable XML Signature secure validation mode by default
    • Build 7:
      • JDK-8165276: Spec states to invoke the premain method in an agent class if it's public but implementation differs
      • JDK-8256895: Add support for RFC 8954: Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) Nonce Extension
    • Build 6:
      • JDK- 8259048: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2020f

January 2021 Critical Patch Update Released:

  • As part of the Jan 2021 CPU we released JDK 15.0.2, JDK 11.0.10 LTS, JDK 8u281, and JDK 7u291 as well as OpenJDK 15.0.2 (publicly available).

Rgds, Rory

[1] https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk-dev/2021-February/005062.html
[2] https://jdk.java.net/16/release-notes
[3] http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk/16/
 
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Rgds, Rory O'Donnell
Quality Engineering Manager
Oracle EMEA, Dublin, Ireland