Hi Ceki, *Release Announcement: General Availability of Java 16 / JDK 16 * ** * JDK 16, the reference implementation of Java 16, is now Generally Available. [1] * GPL-licensed OpenJDK builds from Oracle are available here: http://jdk.java.net/16/ <http://jdk.java.net/16/> * JDK 16 Release notes <https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/javase/16-relnotes.html> *JDK 16 includes the following features [2]:* * 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 380:Unix-Domain Socket Channels <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/380> * 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> * JEP 389:Foreign Linker API (Incubator) <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/389> * JEP 390:Warnings for Value-Based Classes <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/390> * JEP 392:Packaging Tool <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/392> * JEP 393:Foreign-Memory Access API (Third Incubator) <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/393> * JEP 394:Pattern Matching for instanceof <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/394> * JEP 395:Records <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/395> * JEP 396:Strongly Encapsulate JDK Internals by Default <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/396> * JEP 397:Sealed Classes (Second Preview) <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/397> Thanks to everyone who contributed to JDK 16, whether by creating features or enhancements, logging bugs, or downloading and testing the early-access builds. *OpenJDK 17 Early Access build 13 is now available at http://jdk.java.net/17 <http://jdk.java.net/17/> * ** * 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>. * JEPs targeted to JDK 17, so far: o JEP 356: Enhanced Pseudo-Random Number Generators <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/356> * Release Notes are available at http://jdk.java.net/17/release-notes <http://jdk.java.net/17/release-notes> * Significant changes since the last availability email: o JDK-8259709: Disable SHA-1 XML Signatures (b13) o JDK-6323374: (coll) Optimize Collections.unmodifiable* and synchronized*(b13) o JDK-8139348: Deprecate 3DES and RC4 in Kerberos (b12) o JDK-8259662: Don't wrap SocketExceptions into SSLExceptions in SSLSocketImpl (b11) o JDK-8235139: Deprecate the socket impl factory mechanism(b10) o JDK-8225081: Remove Telia Company CA certificate expiring in April 2021(b9) *Project Lanai Early-Access Builds * * EA 10 Build 17-lanai+3-133 (2021/3/2) is available - http://jdk.java.net/lanai/ * 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>. *Project Loom Early-Access Builds* * Build 17-loom+4-174 (2021/3/12) is available - http://jdk.java.net/loom/ * 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>. *Project Panama Early-Access Builds * * Build 17-panama+2-51 (2021/2/12) is available - http://jdk.java.net/panama/ * 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>. Rgds,Rory [1] https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk-dev/2021-March/005188.html [2] https://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk/16/ <https://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk/16/>