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<p> Hi Ceki, </p>
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<b><b>Release Announcement: General Availability of Java 14 / JDK
14 [1] </b> </b></p>
<ul>
<li>JDK 14, the reference implementation of Java 14, is now
Generally Available. </li>
<li>GPL-licensed OpenJDK builds from Oracle are available here: <a
href="https://jdk.java.net/14" moz-do-not-send="true">https://jdk.java.net/14</a></li>
<li>JDK 14 <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/14-relnote-issues-5809570.html">Release
notes</a> <br>
</li>
</ul>
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<div class="">JDK 14 includes sixteen features [2]:<br>
<br>
305: Pattern Matching for instanceof (Preview)<br>
343: Packaging Tool (Incubator)<br>
345: NUMA-Aware Memory Allocation for G1<br>
349: JFR Event Streaming<br>
352: Non-Volatile Mapped Byte Buffers<br>
358: Helpful NullPointerExceptions<br>
359: Records (Preview)<br>
361: Switch Expressions (Standard)<br>
362: Deprecate the Solaris and SPARC Ports<br>
363: Remove the Concurrent Mark Sweep (CMS) Garbage Collector<br>
364: ZGC on macOS<br>
365: ZGC on Windows<br>
366: Deprecate the ParallelScavenge + SerialOld GC Combination<br>
367: Remove the Pack200 Tools and API<br>
368: Text Blocks (Second Preview)<br>
370: Foreign-Memory Access API (Incubator)<br>
</div>
<p>Thanks to everyone who contributed to JDK 14, whether by creating
features or enhancements, logging bugs, or downloading and
testing the early-access builds. </p>
<p><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"></span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"></span>OpenJDK
15 EA build 14 is now available at <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://jdk.java.net/15">http://jdk.java.net/15</a>
<b><br>
</b></p>
<ul>
<li>These early access, open source builds are provided under the
<a href="http://openjdk.java.net/legal/gplv2+ce.html"
target="_blank">GNU General Public License, version 2, with
the Classpath Exception</a>.</li>
<li>Significant changes since the last availability email:</li>
<ul>
<li>Build 13 - <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8238555">JDK-8238555</a>:
Allow Initialization of SunPKCS11 with NSS when there are
external FIPS modules in the NSSDB</li>
<li>Build 10 - <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8237776">JDK-8237776</a>:
Shenandoah: Wrong result with Lucene test
<ul>
<li>Reported by Apache Lucene.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Build 9 - <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8222793">JDK-8222793</a>:
Javadoc tool ignores "-locale" param and uses default locale
for all messages and texts
<ul>
<li>Reported by Apache Lucene.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</ul>
<p>Project Metropolis Early-Access Builds - <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://jdk.java.net/metropolis/">Build
14-metropolis+1-17</a> (2020/3/5)</p>
<ul>
<li>These builds are intended for developers looking to test and
provide feedback on using <em>Graal,</em> in form of native
library <em>(libjvmcicompiler.so)</em>, instead of C2 as
HotSpot high optimizing JIT compiler.</li>
<li>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>Please send feedback via e-mail to <a
href="mailto:metropolis-dev@openjdk.java.net">metropolis-dev@openjdk.java.net</a>.
To send e-mail to this address you must first <a
href="https://mail.openjdk.java.net/mailman/listinfo/metropolis-dev">subscribe
to the mailing list</a>.</li>
</ul>
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Regards,<br>
Rory<br>
<br>
[1] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk-dev/2020-March/004089.html">https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk-dev/2020-March/004089.html</a><br>
[2] <a href="https://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk/14">https://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk/14</a><br>
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Rgds, Rory O'Donnell
Quality Engineering Manager
Oracle EMEA, Dublin, Ireland</pre>
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