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[golo-dev] Release Announcement: General Availability of Java 12 / JDK 12


  Hi Julien,

1) Release Announcement: General Availability of Java 12 / JDK 12 [1]

  • JDK 12, the reference implementation of Java 12, is now Generally Available.
  • GPL-licensed OpenJDK builds from Oracle are available here: https://jdk.java.net/12

This release includes the following  eight features:

  • JEP 189: Shenandoah: A Low-Pause-Time Garbage Collector (Experimental)
  • JEP 230: Microbenchmark Suite
  • JEP 334: JVM Constants API
  • JEP 340: One AArch64 Port, Not Two
  • JEP 341: Default CDS Archives
  • JEP 344: Abortable Mixed Collections for G1
  • JEP 346: Promptly Return Unused Committed Memory from G1
  • JEP 325: Switch Expressions (Preview)
Thanks to everyone who contributed JDK 12, whether by creating features or enhancements, logging  bugs, or downloading and testing the early-access builds.

2) JDK 13 EA build 12, under both the GPL and Oracle EA licenses, is now available at http://jdk.java.net/13 .

  • Proposed - Schedule for JDK 13 [2]
    • 2019/06/13 Rampdown Phase One
    • 2019/07/18 Rampdown Phase Two
    • 2019/08/08 Initial Release Candidate
    • 2019/08/22 Final Release Candidate
    • 2019/09/17 General Availability
  • Recent Bug fixes of Interest
    • Build 9:
      • 8214719: Deprecate -Xverify:none option
      • 8216360: Deprecate -XX:CompilationPolicyChoice
    • Build 10: 
      • 8218995: Deprecate the -XX:FailOverToOldVerifier option
    • Build 12 : 8160247: Mark deprecated javax.security.cert APIs with forRemoval=true
      • 8220050: Deprecate -XX:-ThreadLocalHandshakes
      • Apache Lucene Reported - 8219448: split-if update_uses accesses stale idom data
  • Changes in this build [3]

Rgds,Rory

[1] https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk-dev/2019-March/002718.html
[2] https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk-dev/2019-March/002716.html
[3] Changes in this build


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

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