[Jython-dev] JDK 16 Early Access build 24 is now available

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

Hi All,

OpenJDK 16 Early Access build 24**is now available at 
http://jdk.java.net/16

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

  * Schedule

             2020/12/10 Rampdown Phase One
             2021/01/14         Rampdown Phase Two
             2021/02/04         Initial Release Candidate
             2021/02/18         Final Release Candidate
             2021/03/16         General Availability

  * Features:
      o JEPs targeted to JDK 16, so far:
          + JEP 338: Vector API (Incubator)
            <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/338>
          + JEP 347: Enable C++14 Language Features
            <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/347>
          + JEP 357: Migrate from Mercurial to Git
            <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/357>
          + JEP 369: Migrate to GitHub <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/369>
          + JEP 376: ZGC: Concurrent Thread-Stack Processing
            <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/376>
          + JEP 380: Unix-Domain Socket Channels
            <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/380>
          + JEP 386: Alpine Linux Port <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/386>
          + JEP 387: Elastic Metaspace <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/387>
          + JEP 388: Windows/AArch64 Port
            <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/388>
          + JEP 392: Packaging Tool <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/392>
          + JEP 393: Foreign-Memory Access API (Third Incubator)
            <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/393>
          + JEP 394: Pattern Matching for instanceof
            <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/394>
          + JEP 395: Records <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/395>

**

  * Release Notes are available at http://jdk.java.net/16/release-notes
    <http://jdk.java.net/16/release-notes>

  * Changes in recent builds that maybe of interest:
      o Build 24
          + JDK-8231599: NPE when loading a preview classfile from a
            future Java version
              # *Reported by JUnit5*
          + JDK-8254661: arm32: additional cleanup after fixing SIGSEGV
              # *Reported by JaCoCo*
          + JDK-8255584: `HttpPrincipal::getName` returns incorrect name
          + JDK-8255226: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2020d
      o Build 23
          + JDK-8254876: (fs) NullPointerException not thrown when first
            argument to Path.of or Paths.get is null
          + JDK-8255576: (fs) Files.isHidden() throws
            ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException (unix)
              # *Reported by JUnit5*
          + JDK-8255616: Removal of experimental features AOT and Graal JIT
      o Build 22
          + JDK-8243583: Change 'final' error checks to throw ICCE
          + JDK-8254982: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2020c

Project Loom Early-Access Build: Build 16-loom+7-285 
<http://jdk.java.net/loom/> (2020/11/4)

  * *Want to know more* - check out -
    https://inside.java/2020/11/11/project-loom-at-nyc-java-sig/
  * 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>
      o These builds are based on jdk-16+20
        <https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/releases/tag/jdk-16%2B20>
      o These EA builds are produced for the purpose of gathering
        feedback. Use for any other purpose is at your own risk.
      o Please send feedback via e-mail to loo...@op...
        <mailto:loo...@op...>. To send e-mail to this
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Rgds,Rory

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