Hi Ceki, OpenJDK 16 Early Access build 21**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>. * Schedule (proposed) 2020/12/10 Rampdown Phase One 2021/01/14 Rampdown Phase Two 2021/02/04 Initial Release Candidate 2021/02/18 Final Release Candidate 2021/03/16 General Availability * Features: 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 376: ZGC: Concurrent Thread-Stack Processing <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/376> + JEP 386: Alpine Linux Port <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/386> + JEP 387: Elastic Metaspace <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/387> + JEP 388: Windows/AArch64 Port <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/388> ** * Changes in recent builds that maybe of interest: o Build 21 + JDK-8236862: Enhance support of Proxy class + JDK-8237990: Added Property to Control LDAP Authentication Mechanisms Allowed to Authenticate Over Clear Connections + JDK-8242068: Signed JAR support for RSASSA-PSS and EdDSA + JDK-8245417: Improve certificate chain handling + JDK-8253952: Refine ZipOutputStream.putNextEntry() to recalculate ZipEntry's compressed size o Build 20 + JDK-8232092: (fs) Files::isWritable returns false on a writeable root directory (win) # Reported by JUnit5 + JDK-8248262: Wrong link target in ModuleDescriptor#isAutomatic's API documentation # Reported by JUnit5 + JDK-8253965: Delete the outdated java.awt.PeerFixer class + JDK-8253566: clazz.isAssignableFrom will return false for interface implementors # Found by Hibernate Validator + JDK-8254177: US/Pacific-New Zone name removed as part of tzdata2020b o Build 19 + JDK-8253761: Wrong URI syntax printed by jar --describe-module # Reported by JUnit5 Project Lanai Early-Access Build: EA 6 Build 16-lanai+2-229 <http://jdk.java.net/lanai/> (2020/10/4) * These early-access builds are provided under the GNU General Public License, version 2, with the Classpath Exception <http://openjdk.java.net/legal/gplv2+ce.html>. * 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. Project Lanai Wiki: https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/lanai/Main * Please send feedback via e-mail tolanai-dev@openjdk.java.net <mailto:lanai-dev@openjdk.java.net>. To send e-mail to this address you must firstsubscribe to the mailing list <https://mail.openjdk.java.net/mailman/listinfo/lanai-dev>. Project Panama Early-Access Build: Build 16-panama+2-193 <http://jdk.java.net/panama/> (2020/10/1) * These early-access, open-source builds are provided under the GNU General Public License, version 2, with the Classpath Exception <http://openjdk.java.net/legal/gplv2+ce.html>. * These builds are based on an incomplete version of JDK 16. * Please send feedback via e-mail topanama-dev@openjdk.java.net <mailto:panama-dev@openjdk.java.net>. To send e-mail to this address you must firstsubscribe to the mailing list <http://mail.openjdk.java.net/mailman/listinfo/panama-dev>. Oracle JRE and JDK Cryptographic Roadmap has been updated [1] * Oracle has announced plans to add support for x25519 and x448 named elliptic curve groups to TLS. * Support is targeted for JDK 11 with the January 2021 CPU release. Oracle Critical Patch Update released 21-Oct-2020 * https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html *__* Rgds,Rory [1] https://java.com/en/jre-jdk-cryptoroadmap.html -- Rgds, Rory O'Donnell Quality Engineering Manager Oracle EMEA, Dublin, Ireland