Hi, I will update the installation of JDK 19 on Jenkins and Buildbot (Linux) later today!
Regards, Martin On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 5:08 AM David Delabassee < david.delabas...@oracle.com> wrote: > Greetings! > > The proposed schedule for JDK 19 is now known [1] with ‘Rampdown Phase > One’ set for June 9th and ‘General Availability’ set for September 20th. > The next several weeks will be interesting to watch as the scope of JDK > 19 is revealed. > > You also play an important roll during these phases, which is your > opportunity to share feedback . When developers such as yourself tell us > of issues faced in the latest OpenJDK early-access (EA) builds, we then > have a chance to fix them before that feature release reaches general > availability (GA). > > We also enjoy when people tell us that all their tests are green! It > gives us confidence ;-) So regardless of the tests color (red or green), > please do not hesitate to send me a short mail as both types of feedback > are useful. > > [1] https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk-dev/2022-April/006481.html > > > ## Heads-Up: Java Cryptographic Extension Survey > > The Java Cryptographic Extension (JCE) has been in Java SE for a long > time and has made incremental changes over the years. The OpenJDK > Security Team is conducting a survey [2] to know more about how projects > are using JCE and what changes, features, and API enhancements would be > useful going forward. > > The survey is clossing on April 29 so if you have written or maintain > code that uses the JCE API, please make sure to fill this short survey > [2] as soon as possible. > > [2] https://www.questionpro.com/t/AUzP7ZrFWv > > > ## Heads-Up: New macOS Rendering Pipeline on macOS > > JEP 382 [3] introduced in JDK 17 support for the new macOS Metal > graphics pipeline for Swing and Java2D. JDK 19 starting build 18 is > switching the default to be the new macOS Metal rendering pipeline > instead of the old Apple OpenGL API. For more details please see > JDK-8284378 [4]. > > Java applications running on macOS (10.14 or later) will not need to > take any action, as they will automatically benefit from faster graphics > with lower power consumption, and the use of a more modern stable > graphics API which will be able to work better on current and future > Apple systems. > > [3] https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/382 > [4] https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8284378 > > > ## JDK 19 Early-Access builds > > JDK 19 Early-Access builds 18 are now available [5], and are provided > under the GNU General Public License v2, with the Classpath Exception. > The Release Notes are available here [6]. > > [5] https://jdk.java.net/19/ > [6] https://jdk.java.net/19/release-notes > > ### JEPs targeted to JDK 19, so far: > - JEP 422: Linux/RISC-V Port https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/422 > > ### Recent changes that maybe of interest: > > Build 18: > - JDK-8284378: Make Metal the default Java 2D rendering pipeline for macOS > - JDK-8265315: Update CLDR to version 41 > - JDK-8270090: C2: LCM may prioritize CheckCastPP nodes over projections > [Reported by JaCoCo] > - JDK-8284361: Updating ASM to 9.3 for JDK 19 > - JDK-8284330: jcmd may not be able to find processes in the container > - JDK-8284579: Improve VarHandle checks for interpreter > > Build 17: > - JDK-8282819: Deprecate Locale class constructors > - JDK-8254935: Deprecate the PSSParameterSpec(int) constructor > - JDK-8283060: RawNativeLibraries should allow multiple clients to > load/unload the same library > > Build 16: > - JDK-8281561: Disable http DIGEST mechanism with MD5 and SHA-1 by default > - JDK-8264160: Regex \b is not consistent with \w without > UNICODE_CHARACTER_CLASS > - JDK-8163327: Remove 3DES from the default enabled cipher suites list > - JDK-8267319: Use larger default key sizes and algorithms based on CNSA > - JDK-8283350: (tz) Update Timezone Data to 2022a > > > ## Project Loom Updates > > The first Loom related JEP is now in Candidate phase, i.e. JEP: 425: > Virtual Threads (Preview) [7]. As of now, JEP 425 doesn't yet 'propose > to target' any particular feature release. > > [7] https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/425 > > In addition, Project Loom early-access builds 19-loom+5-429 (2022/4/4) > are now available [8] with related Javadoc [9]. > > These builds are based on JDK 19 and are provided under the GNU General > Public License, version 2, with the Classpath Exception and are produced > for the purpose of gathering feedback. Use for any other purpose is at > your own risk. Proper feedback should be sent to the `loom-dev` mailing > list [10]. > > [8] https://jdk.java.net/loom/ > [9] https://download.java.net/java/early_access/loom/docs/api/ > [10] https://mail.openjdk.java.net/mailman/listinfo/loom-dev > > > ## Topics of Interest: > > * New candidate JEP: 426: Vector API (4th Incubator) > https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/426 > > * Virtual Thread Deep Dive - Inside Java Newscast #23 > https://inside.java/2022/04/07/insidejava-newscast-023/ > > * Project Panama: Say Goodbye to JNI > https://inside.java/2022/04/04/projectpanama/ > > * Java Cryptographic Extension Survey > https://inside.java/2022/04/12/jce-survey/ > > As usual, let us know if you find any issues while testing your > project(s) on the latest JDK early-access builds. Thanks for your support! > > --David > >
