[Jython-dev] Early Access builds of JDK 9 b134 are available on java.net

[Rory O'D. <ror...@or...>]

Hi Alan,

Early Access b134 <https://jdk9.java.net/download/> for JDK 9 is 
available on java.net, summary of  changes are listed here 
<http://www.java.net/download/java/jdk9/changes/jdk-9+134.html>.

  There have been a number of fixes , since the last availability email 
, to bugs reported by Open Source projects :

  * 8156841    sun.security.pkcs11.SunPKCS11 poller thread retains a
    strong reference to the context class loader
  * 8146961   Fix PermGen memory leaks caused by static final Exceptions
  * 8163353   NPE in ConcurrentHashMap.removeAll()
  * 8160328   ClassCastException: sun.awt.image.BufImgSurfaceData cannot
    be cast to sun.java2d.xr.XRSurfaceData after xrandr change output

Secondly, there are a number of interesting items to bring to our attention

  * JDK 9 Rampdown Phase 1: Process proposal [1]
  * The Java team has published the “Oracle JRE and JDK Cryptographic
    Roadmap” [2] java.com/cryptoroadmap <http://java.com/cryptoroadmap>
  * The Quality Report for September 2016 is now available [3], thank
    you for your continued support!


Highlights from the Quality Report for September :

  * 21 new Open Source projects have joined the Outreach program
  * Projects filed 35 new issues in the JDK Bug System, this is almost
    double the number of bugs in the previous six months!
  * Continuing to provide excellent feedback via the OpenJDK dev mailing
    lists

Thank you!

Rgds,Rory

[1] http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk9-dev/2016-August/004777.html
[2] java.com/cryptoroadmap <http://java.com/cryptoroadmap>
[3] 
https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/quality/Quality+Outreach+Report+September+2016

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