[Jython-dev] JDK 14 - Early Access build 25 is available

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

Hi Alan,

*OpenJDK builds  - JDK 14 *- Early Access build 25 is available at 
http://jdk.java.net/14/

These early-access, open-source builds are provided under the GNU 
General Public License, version 2, with the Classpath Exception 
<http://openjdk.java.net/legal/gplv2+ce.html>.

  * *Next Milestone*
    **
      o ** *12-Dec-2019 Rampdown Phase One.*

  * Release notes
      o https://jdk.java.net/14/release-notes
  * JEP proposed to target JDK 14
      o JEP 365 ZGC on Windows <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/365>
  * JEPs targeted to JDK 14, so far:
      o JEP 305: Pattern Matching for instanceof (Preview)
        <http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/305> was proposed to target.
      o JEP 343: Packaging Tool (Incubator)
        <http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/343> was proposed to target.
      o JEP 345: NUMA-Aware Memory Allocation for G1
        <http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/345> was integrated.
      o JEP 349: JFR Event Streaming
        <http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/349> was integrated.
      o JEP 352: Non-Volatile Mapped Byte Buffers
        <http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/352> was targeted.
      o JEP 358: Helpful NullPointerExceptions
        <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/358> was integrated.
      o JEP 359: Records (Preview) <http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/359>
        JEP 359: Records (Preview)
        <http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/359> was proposed to target.
      o JEP 361: Switch Expressions (Standard)
        <http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/361> was intergrated.
      o JEP 363: Remove the Concurrent Mark Sweep (CMS) Garbage
        Collector <http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/363> was targeted.
      o JEP 364: ZGC on macOS <http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/364> was
        targeted.
      o JEP 366: Deprecate the ParallelScavenge + SerialOld GC
        Combination <http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/366> was proposed to
        target.
      o JEP 367: Remove the Pack200 Tools and API
        <http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/367> was targeted to JDK 14.
      o JEP 368: Text Blocks (Second Preview)
        <http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/368> was proposed to target.

  * Recent Bug fixes of Interest

      * Build 25:
          o JDK-8233301: Implementation of JEP 366: Deprecate the
            ParallelScavenge + SerialOld GC Combination
          o JDK-8233296: The behavior of MulticastSocket
            getOption/setOption for IP_MULTICAST_LOOP is changed to
            conform the specification of
            StandardSocketOptions.IP_MULTICAST_LOOP
      * Build 24:
          o JDK-8233141 :DatagramSocket.send and MulticastSocket.send
            throw IllegalArgumentException when the socket is not
            connected and the packet doesn't contain any address )
          o JDK-8214024: Remove the default keytool -keyalg value
          o JDK-8232019: Add LuxTrust certificate updates to the
            existing root program
      * Build 23
          o JDK 8232365: Implementation for JEP 363: Remove the
            Concurrent Mark Sweep (CMS) Garbage Collector
          o JDK 8224817: Implementation of JEP 364: ZGC on macOS

  * Changes in this build
    <http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk/jdk/log?rev=reverse%28%22jdk-14%2B24%22%3A%3A%22jdk-14%2B25%22-%22jdk-14%2B24%22%29&revcount=1000>

*jpackage EA -* Build 14-jpackage+1-70 (2019/11/12)

  * This is an early access build of JEP 343: Packaging Tool
    <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/343>, aimed at testing a prototype
    implementation of jpackage, which is a new tool for packaging
    self-contained Java applications along with a Java Runtime Environment.
  * These early-access builds are provided under the GNU General Public
    License, version 2, with the Classpath Exception
    <http://openjdk.java.net/legal/gplv2+ce.html>
  * Build is now available http://jdk.java.net/jpackage/
  * Please send feedback via e-mail to cor...@op...
    <mailto:cor...@op...>

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