Thanks Rory, This is rolling out to all our build nodes as we speak , for projects to use in testing.
HTH On Fri, Oct 2, 2020 at 11:04 AM Rory O'Donnell <rory.odonn...@oracle.com> wrote: > Hi Mark & Gavin, > > OpenJDK 16 Early Access build 18**is now available at > http://jdk.java.net/16 > > * These early-access , open-source builds are provided under the > o GNU General Public License, version 2, with the Classpath > Exception <http://openjdk.java.net/legal/gplv2+ce.html>. > > * Features: > o JEPs proposed to target JDK 16 > + JEP 376: ZGC: Concurrent Thread-Stack Processing > <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/376> > + JEP 386: Alpine Linux Port <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/386> > + JEP 388: Windows/AArch64 Port > <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/388> > o JEPs targeted to JDK 16, so far: > + JEP 338: Vector API (Incubator) > <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/338> > + JEP 347: Enable C++14 Language Features > <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/347> > + JEP 357: Migrate from Mercurial to Git > <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/357> > + JEP 369: Migrate to GitHub <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/369> > + JEP 387: Elastic Metaspace <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/387> > > * Release Notes are available at http://jdk.java.net/16/release-notes > > ** > > * Changes in recent builds that maybe of interest: > o Build 17 > + JDK-8247281: Object monitors no longer keep strong > references to their associated object > + JDK-8202473: A type variable with multiple bounds does not > correctly place type annotation > # Reported by ByteBuddy > + JDK-8234808: jdb quoted option parsing broken > # Reported by Apache Tomcat > o Build 16 > + JDK-8172366: SUN, SunRsaSign, and SunEC Providers Supports > SHA-3 Based Signature Algorithms > + JDK-8244706: GZIPOutputStream now sets the GZIP OS Header > Field to the correct default value > > * Quality Report for September 2020 was published here [1]. Thanks to > everyone who contributed by creating features or enhancements, > logging bugs, or downloading and testing the early-access builds. > > > *__* > Rgds,Rory > > [1] > > https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/quality/Quality+Outreach+report+September+2020 > > -- > Rgds, Rory O'Donnell > Quality Engineering Manager > Oracle EMEA, Dublin, Ireland > > -- *Gavin McDonald* Systems Administrator ASF Infrastructure Team
