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<span lang="EN-US">Hi Ceki, </span>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b>OpenJDK
17 Early Access build 16 is now available at </b><a href="http://jdk.java.net/17"><b>http://jdk.java.net/17</b></a></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">These early-access ,
open-source builds are provided under the</span></li>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list:l3 level2 lfo1"><a href="http://openjdk.java.net/legal/gplv2+ce.html"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">GNU General Public
License, version 2, with the Classpath Exception</span></a></li>
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</ul>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list:l6 level1 lfo2"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Schedule (proposed)</span></li>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list:l6 level2 lfo2">2021/06/10
Rampdown Phase One </li>
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list:l6 level2 lfo2">2021/07/15
Rampdown Phase Two</li>
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list:l6 level2 lfo2">2021/08/05
Initial Release Candidate</li>
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list:l6 level2 lfo2">2021/08/19
Final Release Candidate</li>
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list:l6 level2 lfo2">2021/09/14
General Availability </li>
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</ul>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list:l2 level2 lfo3">Features:<b>Heads-up
on an important Candidate JEP <br>
</b></li>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list:l2 level2 lfo3"><b>Candidate
- JEP 403: </b><b><a href="https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/403">Strongly
Encapsulate JDK Internals</a></b></li>
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list:l2 level3 lfo3">successor
to <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/396"> JEP 396: Strongly
Encapsulate JDK Internals by Default</a></li>
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list:l2 level3 lfo3">strongly
encapsulate all internal elements of the JDK by default</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2
level3 lfo3"> exception for Critical Internal APIs such as <i>sun.misc.Unsafe</i></li>
</ul>
</ul>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2
level2 lfo3">JEPs targeted to JDK 17, so far:</li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2
level3 lfo3"> JEP 356: <a href="https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/356">Enhanced
Pseudo-Random Number Generators</a></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2
level3 lfo3"> JEP 382: <a href="https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/382">New macOS Rendering
Pipeline</a></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2
level3 lfo3"> JEP 391: <a href="https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/391">macOS/AArch64 Port</a></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2
level3 lfo3"> JEP 398: <a href="https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/398">Deprecate the
Applet API for Removal</a></li>
</ul>
</ul>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Release Notes are available
at </span><a href="http://jdk.java.net/17/release-notes"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">http://jdk.java.net/17/release-notes</span></a></li>
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4">Changes
in recent builds that maybe of interest: </li>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list:l5 level2 lfo5">Build
16</li>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list:l5 level3 lfo5">JDK-8263898:
(fs) Files.newOutputStream on the "NUL" special device
throws FileSystemException: "nul: Incorrect function" (win)
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list:l5 level4 lfo5">Reported
by Apache Ant</li>
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</ul>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l5
level2 lfo5"> <span style="color:black">Build </span>15</li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l5
level3 lfo5"> JDK-<span style="color:black">8263575:
Conflict between JDK rpms and OL8 Modularity prevents dnf
install/updates</span></li>
</ul>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l5
level2 lfo5"> <span style="color:black">Build </span>14</li>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list:l5 level3 lfo5">JDK-8262277:
URLClassLoader.getResource throws undocumented
IllegalArgumentException</li>
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list:l5 level3 lfo5">JDK-8262351:
Extra '0' in java.util.Formatter for '%012a' conversion with
a sign character</li>
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</ul>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b>Project
Loom Early-Access Build: </b><a href="http://jdk.java.net/loom/"><b>Build 17-loom+5-191</b></a><b>
(2021/3/19)</b></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1
level1 lfo6"> These early-access builds are provided under the <a href="http://openjdk.java.net/legal/gplv2+ce.html"> GNU
General Public License, version 2, with the Classpath
Exception</a>.</li>
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6">These
builds are produced for the purpose of gathering feedback. Use
for any other purpose is at your own risk.</li>
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6">Please
send feedback via e-mail to <a href="mailto:loom-dev@openjdk.java.net">loom-dev@openjdk.java.net</a>.
To send e-mail to this address you must first <a href="http://mail.openjdk.java.net/mailman/listinfo/loom-dev">subscribe
to the mailing list</a>.</li>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b>Quality
Report for March 2021 was published here [1]</b>. </p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l7
level1 lfo7"> Thanks to everyone who contributed by creating
features or enhancements, logging bugs, or downloading and
testing the early-access builds. </li>
</ul>
<b>Worth reading - </b><b><a href="https://inside.java/2021/03/16/the-arrival-of-java16/">The
Arrival of Java 16!</a></b>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l4
level1 lfo8">JDK 16 Migration guide - <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/16/migrate/getting-started.html">https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/16/migrate/getting-started.html</a><br>
</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l4
level1 lfo8">#AllTestsGreenOnJDK16 - If your tests are green on
JDK 16 please respond to this <b> <a href="https://twitter.com/Sharat_Chander/status/1368978627816136707">tweet</a></b>. </li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l4
level1 lfo8"> Oracle Developer Live event - Individual sessions:</li>
<ol type="1" start="1">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l4
level2 lfo8"> <b>Java 16: Consistency and Innovation</b>
(Aurelio Garcia-Ribeyro): <a href="https://youtu.be/1acKCBbd6f4">
https://youtu.be/1acKCBbd6f4</a></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l4
level2 lfo8"> <b>Java Language Futures: Spring 2021</b>
(Gavin Bierman): <a href="https://youtu.be/K9SVV0XNIP8">
https://youtu.be/K9SVV0XNIP8</a></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l4
level2 lfo8"> <b>Ask the Java Architects</b> (Mark Reinhold,
Brian Goetz, Mikael Vidstedt, Ron Pressler): <a href="https://youtu.be/CVE4bWvuD3o">https://youtu.be/CVE4bWvuD3o</a></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l4
level2 lfo8"> <b>Learn Java 16 with IntelliJ IDEA </b>(Trisha
Gee[JetBrains])<b>: </b><a href="https://youtu.be/1hyWJTjxeGM">https://youtu.be/1hyWJTjxeGM</a><b>
</b></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l4
level2 lfo8"> <b>How Records Can Improve Serialization</b>
(Julia Boes, Chris Hegarty): <a href="https://youtu.be/44D8M6ZxuLU">
https://youtu.be/44D8M6ZxuLU</a></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l4
level2 lfo8"> <b>Vector API: SIMD Programming in Java</b>
(Paul Sandoz, Sandhya Viswanathan[Intel]): <a href="https://youtu.be/VYo3p4R66N8">https://youtu.be/VYo3p4R66N8</a></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l4
level2 lfo8"> <b>Your Guide to OpenJDK Development</b>
(Jesper Wilhelmsson): <a href="https://youtu.be/bHcKTYy_Nec">
https://youtu.be/bHcKTYy_Nec</a></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l4
level2 lfo8"> <b>Project Skara: Migrating OpenJDK to Git and
GitHub</b> (Erik Duveblad, Robin Westberg): <a href="https://youtu.be/-pBgplk7fVk">https://youtu.be/-pBgplk7fVk</a></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l4
level2 lfo8"> <b>Monitoring and Troubleshooting Tools in the
JDK</b> (Poonam Parhar): <a href="https://youtu.be/mcfubUmbZhQ">
https://youtu.be/mcfubUmbZhQ</a></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l4
level2 lfo8"> <b>Fast and Efficient Microservices for Java
with GraalVM</b> (Alina Yurenko): <a href="https://youtu.be/_eRD6qJqtNw">
https://youtu.be/_eRD6qJqtNw</a></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l4
level2 lfo8"> <b>Accelerating Productivity with Micronaut and
Java Records</b> (Graeme Rocher): <a href="https://youtu.be/RoNeoXQBs9w">https://youtu.be/RoNeoXQBs9w</a></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l4
level2 lfo8"> <b>Scalable Microservices for Java using
Helidon and Coherence CE</b> (Dmitry Aleksandrov, Aleks
Seović): <a href="https://youtu.be/WTL0Zbjzveo">https://youtu.be/WTL0Zbjzveo</a></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l4
level2 lfo8"> <b>Cross-Platform User Interfaces, Developed
with Java & OpenJFX Project</b> (Johan Vos [Gluon]): <a href="https://youtu.be/7eytbaBMm5o">https://youtu.be/7eytbaBMm5o</a></li>
</ol>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Rgds,Rory</p>
[1] <a href="https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/quality/Quality+Outreach+Report+March+2021">https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/quality/Quality+Outreach+Report+March+2021</a><br>
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Rgds, Rory O'Donnell
Quality Engineering Manager
Oracle EMEA, Dublin, Ireland</pre>
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