Hi Rory, Apache Tomcat's build and tests pass successfully with JDK 17+35-2724 and 18-ea+9-409 on both Linux aarch64 and x86_64!
Regards, Martin On Sat, Aug 7, 2021 at 6:36 PM Rory O'Donnell <rory.odonn...@oracle.com> wrote: > Hi Mark, > > *Per the JDK 17 schedule , we are now in the Release Candidate Phase > [1][2].* > > * > * > > *Please advise if you find any issues while testing the latest Early > Access builds.* > > * Schedule: > o *2021/08/05 Initial Release Candidate * > o 2021/08/19 Final Release Candidate > o 2021/09/14 General Availability > > > 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 Accessbuild 35 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 recent builds that maybe of interest: > o JDK-8270866: NPE in DocTreePath.getTreePath()[build 33] > + Reportedby jOOQ > > **Topics of Interest: * > * > > * The latest Newscast covers 17's JEP 356 > <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/356>: Enhanced Pseudo-Random Number > Generators - Here > <https://inside.java/2021/07/29/insidejava-newscast-009/> > * The latest JEP Café cover 17's JEP 409 > <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/409> : Sealed Classes - Here > <https://inside.java/2021/07/22/jepcafe2/> > * A few updates to JEP 411 <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/411>: > Deprecate the Security Manager for Removal - Here > < > https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/security-dev/2021-July/026806.html > > > > * > * > > *OpenJDK**18 Early Access build 9 is 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> > * Release Notes are available at https://jdk.java.net/18/release-notes > <https://jdk.java.net/18/release-notes> > * Changes in recent builds that maybe of interest: > o JDK-8225082: Remove IdenTrust certificate that is expiring in > September 2021 [build 9] > o JDK-8251329: Zip File System Provider Throws ZipException when > entry name element contains "." or ".." [build 9] > o JDK-8271359: NPE in DocTreePath.getTreePath() [build 8] > + Reported by jOOQ > > *July 2021 Critical Patch Update Released* > > * As part of the July 2021, we released JDK 16.0.2, JDK 11.0.12 LTS, > JDK 8u301 and JDK 7u311 as well as OpenJDK 16.0.2 (publicly available) > > > Rgds,Rory > > [1] > https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk-dev/2021-August/005894.html > [2] > https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk-dev/2021-August/005906.html > > -- > Rgds, Rory O'Donnell > Quality Engineering Manager > Oracle EMEA, Dublin, Ireland > >
