[Jython-dev] New JDK 19 EA builds and JCE Survey!

[David D. <dav...@or...>]

Greetings!

The proposed schedule for JDK 19 is now known [1] with ‘Rampdown Phase 
One’ set for June 9th and ‘General Availability’ set for September 20th. 
The next several weeks will be interesting to watch as the scope of JDK 
19 is revealed.

You also play an important roll during these phases, which is your 
opportunity to share feedback . When developers such as yourself tell us 
of issues faced in the latest OpenJDK early-access (EA) builds, we then 
have a chance to fix them before that feature release reaches general 
availability (GA).

We also enjoy when people tell us that all their tests are green! It 
gives us confidence ;-) So regardless of the tests color (red or green), 
please do not hesitate to send me a short mail as both types of feedback 
are useful.

[1] https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk-dev/2022-April/006481.html


## Heads-Up: Java Cryptographic Extension Survey

The Java Cryptographic Extension (JCE) has been in Java SE for a long 
time and has made incremental changes over the years. The OpenJDK 
Security Team is conducting a survey [2] to know more about how projects 
are using JCE and what changes, features, and API enhancements would be 
useful going forward.

The survey is closing on April 29 so if you have written or maintain 
code that uses the JCE API, please make sure to fill this short survey 
[2] as soon as possible.

[2] https://www.questionpro.com/t/AUzP7ZrFWv


## Heads-Up: New macOS Rendering Pipeline on macOS

JEP 382 [3] introduced in JDK 17 support for the new macOS Metal 
graphics pipeline for Swing and Java2D. JDK 19 starting build 18 is 
switching the default to be the new macOS Metal rendering pipeline 
instead of the old Apple OpenGL API. For more details please see 
JDK-8284378 [4].

Java applications running on macOS (10.14 or later) will not need to 
take any action, as they will automatically benefit from faster graphics 
with lower power consumption, and the use of a more modern stable 
graphics API which will be able to work better on current and future 
Apple systems.

[3] https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/382
[4] https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8284378


## JDK 19 Early-Access builds

JDK 19 Early-Access builds 18 are now available [5], and are provided 
under the GNU General Public License v2, with the Classpath Exception. 
The Release Notes are available here [6].

[5] https://jdk.java.net/19/
[6] https://jdk.java.net/19/release-notes

### JEPs targeted to JDK 19, so far:
- JEP 422: Linux/RISC-V Port https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/422

### Recent changes that maybe of interest:

Build 18:
- JDK-8284378: Make Metal the default Java 2D rendering pipeline for macOS
- JDK-8265315: Update CLDR to version 41
- JDK-8270090: C2: LCM may prioritize CheckCastPP nodes over projections 
[Reported by JaCoCo]
- JDK-8284361: Updating ASM to 9.3 for JDK 19
- JDK-8284330: jcmd may not be able to find processes in the container
- JDK-8284579: Improve VarHandle checks for interpreter

Build 17:
- JDK-8282819: Deprecate Locale class constructors
- JDK-8254935: Deprecate the PSSParameterSpec(int) constructor
- JDK-8283060: RawNativeLibraries should allow multiple clients to 
load/unload the same library

Build 16:
- JDK-8281561: Disable http DIGEST mechanism with MD5 and SHA-1 by default
- JDK-8264160: Regex \b is not consistent with \w without 
UNICODE_CHARACTER_CLASS
- JDK-8163327: Remove 3DES from the default enabled cipher suites list
- JDK-8267319: Use larger default key sizes and algorithms based on CNSA
- JDK-8283350: (tz) Update Timezone Data to 2022a


## Project Loom Updates

The first Loom related JEP is now in Candidate phase, i.e. JEP: 425: 
Virtual Threads (Preview) [7]. As of now, JEP 425 doesn't yet 'propose 
to target' any particular feature release.

[7] https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/425

In addition, Project Loom early-access builds 19-loom+5-429 (2022/4/4) 
are now available [8] with related Javadoc [9].

These builds are based on JDK 19 and are provided under the GNU General 
Public License, version 2, with the Classpath Exception and are produced 
for the purpose of gathering feedback. Use for any other purpose is at 
your own risk. Proper feedback should be sent to the `loom-dev` mailing 
list [10].

[8] https://jdk.java.net/loom/
[9] https://download.java.net/java/early_access/loom/docs/api/
[10] https://mail.openjdk.java.net/mailman/listinfo/loom-dev


## Topics of Interest:

* New candidate JEP: 426: Vector API (4th Incubator)
https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/426

* Virtual Thread Deep Dive - Inside Java Newscast #23
https://inside.java/2022/04/07/insidejava-newscast-023/

* Project Panama: Say Goodbye to JNI
https://inside.java/2022/04/04/projectpanama/

* Java Cryptographic Extension Survey
https://inside.java/2022/04/12/jce-survey/

As usual, let us know if you find any issues while testing your 
project(s) on the latest JDK early-access builds. Thanks for your support!

--David