Posted by Rory O'Donnell on May 22, 2020; 8:06am
URL: https://discuss.asciidoctor.org/OpenJDK-15-EA-build-24-is-now-available-tp8035.html

Hi All,

OpenJDK 15 EA build 24 is now available at http://jdk.java.net/15

• These early-access , open-source builds are provided under the
  
• GNU General Public License, version 2, with the Classpath Exception.
• Features
• Proposed to target JDK 15
• JEP 383  Foreign-Memory Access API (Second Incubator)
• Targeted to JDK 15
• JEP 360  Sealed Classes (Preview)
• JEP 379  Shenandoah: A Low-Pause-Time Garbage Collector (Production)
• Integrated in JDK 15
• JEP 339  Edwards-Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (EdDSA)
• JEP 371  Hidden Classes
  
• JEP 372  Remove the Nashorn JavaScript Engine
• JEP 373 Reimplement the Legacy DatagramSocket API
• JEP 374  Disable and Deprecate Biased Locking
• JEP 375  Pattern Matching for instanceof (Second Preview)
• JEP 377  ZGC: A Scalable Low-Latency Garbage Collector
• JEP 378  Text Blocks
• JEP 381  Remove the Solaris and SPARC Ports
• JEP 384  Records (Second Preview)
  
• Changes in recent builds that maybe of interest:
• build 24
• JEP 373  Reimplement the Legacy DatagramSocket API (JDK-8241072)
• JEP 374  Disable and Deprecate Biased Locking (JDK-8231264)
• Support for Unicode 13.0 (JDK-8239383)
• Incorrect Man pages of Javadocs tool (JDK-8238697)
  
• reported by Apache Lucene
  
• 32-bit builds are broken after JDK-8242524 (JDK-8245070)
  
• Reported by JaCoCo
  
• build 23
• localizedBy() should override localized values with default values (JDK-8244245)
• Add revocation checking to jarsigner (JDK-8242060)
• build 22
• Deprecate -XX:ForceNUMA option (JDK-8243628)
• Removal of Comodo Root CA Certificate (JDK-8225069)
• Removal of DocuSign Root CA Certificate (JDK-8225068)

• Project Lanai Early-Access Builds - Build 15-lanai+1-101 (2020/5/14)
• These builds are intended for developers looking to test and provide feedback on using Project Lanai, which implements a new Java 2D graphics rendering pipeline for macOS.
• These builds are based upon the latest state of the current in development JDK, and so may contain new features and unresolved bugs unrelated to Project Lanai.
• These early-access , open-source builds are provided under the
  
• GNU General Public License, version 2, with the Classpath Exception.
• Please send feedback via e-mail to [hidden email]. To send e-mail to this address you must first subscribe to the mailing list.
  
• Project Loom Early-Access Builds - Build 15-loom+7-141 (2020/5/11)
• These builds are intended for developers looking to "kick the tyres" and provide feedback on using the API or by sending bug reports. Warning: This build is based on an incomplete version of JDK 15.
• These early-access , open-source builds are provided under the
  
• GNU General Public License, version 2, with the Classpath Exception.
• Please send feedback via e-mail to [hidden email]. To send e-mail to this address you must first subscribe to the mailing list.

The Java Crypto Roadmap has been updated [2]

Rgds,Rory

[1] http://jdk.java.net/15/release-notes
[2] https://www.java.com/en/jre-jdk-cryptoroadmap.html

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