[slf4j-dev] OpenJDK 15 EA build 18 is now available

10 Apr 2020


      Hi Ceki,

OpenJDK 15 EA build 18 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
    <http://openjdk.java.net/legal/gplv2+ce.html>.
  * Schedule for JDK 15
      o 2020/06/11 Rampdown Phase One
      o 2020/07/16 Rampdown Phase Two
      o 2020/08/06 Initial Release Candidate
      o 2020/08/20 Final Release Candidate
      o 2020/09/15 General Availability
  * Features
      o Proposed to target JDK 15
          + JEP 371: <http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/371>  Hidden Classes
      o JEPs targeted to JDK 15
          + JEP 372 <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/372>: Remove the
            Nashorn JavaScript Engine
          + JEP 377 <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/377>: ZGC: A Scalable
            Low-Latency Garbage Collector
          + JEP 378 <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/378>: Text Blocks
          + JEP 379 <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/379>: Shenandoah: A
            Low-Pause-Time Garbage Collector
  * Changes in recent builds that maybe of interest:
      o build 18
          + JDK-8240169
            <https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8240169>: javadoc
            fails to link to non-modular api docs
              # Reported by JUnit5
          + JDK-8241670
            <https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8241670>: Enhance
            heap region size ergonomics to improve OOTB performance
          + JDK-8240745
            <https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8240745>:
            Implementation: JEP 377: ZGC: A Scalable Low-Latency Garbage
            Collector (Production)
          + JDK-8225319
            <https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8225319>: Remove
            rmic from the set of supported tools
          + JDK-8237490
            <https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8237490>: Add
            support notarizing jpackage app-image and dmg
      o build 17
          + JDK-8240676
            <https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8240676> - Meet
            not symmetric failure when running lucene on jdk8
              # Reported by Apache Lucene
      o Build 16
          + JDK-8241039
            <https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8241039> - Retire
            the deprecated SSLSession.getPeerCertificateChain() method
          + JDK-8219989
            <https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8219989> - Retire
            the com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Provider name
          + JDK-8237859
            <https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8237859> - C2:
            Crash when loads float above range check
              # Reported by Apache Lucene
          + JDK-8202469
            <https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8202469> - (ann)
            Type annotations on type variable bounds that are also type
            variables are lost
              # Reported by ByteBuddy
      o Build 15
          + JDK-8214245
            <https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8214245> - Case
            insensitive matching doesn't work correctly for some
            character classes ()

  * Quality Report for March 2020 was published here [1]
      o Thanks again for all the bug reports and feeback!

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Rgds,Rory

[1] 
https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/quality/Quality+Outreach+report+March+... 


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