[slf4j-dev] JDK 17 Early Access build 28 & JDK 18 build 3 are available

[Rory O'Donnell]

Hi Ceki, **

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*Per the JDK 17 schedule , we are in Rampdown Phase One.*


*Please advise if you find any issues while testing the latest Early 
Access builds.*


The overall feature set is frozen. No further JEPs will be targeted to 
this release.

  * Features integrated in JDK 17:

      o JEP 306: Restore Always-Strict Floating-Point Semantics
        <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/306>
      o JEP 356: Enhanced Pseudo-Random Number Generators
        <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/356>
      o JEP 382: New macOS Rendering Pipeline
        <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/382>
      o JEP 391: macOS/AArch64 Port <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/391>
      o JEP 398: Deprecate the Applet API for Removal
        <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/398>
      o JEP 403: Strongly Encapsulate JDK Internals
        <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/403>
      o JEP 406: Pattern Matching for switch (Preview)
        <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/406>
      o JEP 407: Remove RMI Activation <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/407>
      o JEP 409: Sealed Classes <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/409>
      o JEP 410: Remove the Experimental AOT and JIT Compiler
        <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/410>
      o JEP 411: Deprecate the Security Manager for Removal
        <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/411>
      o JEP 412: Foreign Function & Memory API (Incubator)
        <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/412>
      o JEP 414: Vector API (Second Incubator)
        <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/414>
      o JEP 415: Context-Specific Deserialization Filters
        <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/415>


*OpenJDK 17 Early Access build 28 is available at 
**https://jdk.java.net/17* <https://jdk.java.net/17>

  * These early-access , open-source builds are provided under the
      o GNU General Public License, version 2, with the Classpath
        Exception <https://openjdk.java.net/legal/gplv2+ce.html>
  * Release Notes are available at https://jdk.java.net/17/release-notes
    <https://jdk.java.net/17/release-notes>
  * Changes in build 28 that maybe of interest:
      o *JDK-8269028: [BACKOUT] JDK-8196415 Disable SHA-1 Signed JARs *
      o JDK-8268774: Residual logging output written to STDOUT, not
        STDERR [*Reported by Apache Ant*]
      o JDK-8264843: Javac crashes with NullPointerException when
        finding unencoded XML in <pre> tag [*Reported by Apache Lucene*]


*OpenJDK 18 Early Access build 3 is now available at 
**https://jdk.java.net/18* <https://jdk.java.net/18>

  * These early-access , open-source builds are provided under the
      o GNU General Public License, version 2, with the Classpath
        Exception <https://openjdk.java.net/legal/gplv2+ce.html>
  * Changes in recent builds that maybe of interest:
      o JDK-8266791: Annotation property which is compiled as an array
        property but changed to a single element throws NPE [*Reported
        by Byte Buddy*]
  * Coming in a future JDK 18 build
      o Removal of Biased Locking in JDK 18  - Details
        <https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/4522>

*Other Topics of Interest: *

  * State of Loom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KG24inClY2M
    <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KG24inClY2M>
  * State of Panama: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8k9QGvPxC0
    <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8k9QGvPxC0>
  * What's a JEP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1VrmvyIEpM
    <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1VrmvyIEpM>


*Quality Report for June 2021 was published here [1]. ***

  * Thanks to everyone who contributed by creating features or
    enhancements, logging bugs, or downloading and testing the
    early-access builds.

Rgds,Rory

[1] 
https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/quality/Quality+Outreach+Report+June+2021*
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-- 
Rgds, Rory O'Donnell
Quality Engineering Manager
Oracle EMEA, Dublin, Ireland

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