February 01, 2011
Mark Wielaard: New GPG key.
Finally created a new GPG key using gnupg. The old one was a DSA/1024 bits one and 8 years old. The new one is a RSA/2048 bits one. I will use the new one in the future to sign any release tarballs I might create. pub 2048R/57816A6A 2011-01-29 Key f...
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February 01, 2011
Andrew Hughes: [SECURITY] IcedTea6 1.7.8, 1.8.5, 1.9.5 Released!.
We are pleased to announce a new set of security releases, IcedTea6 1.7.8, IcedTea6 1.8.5 and IcedTea6 1.9.5.
This update contains the following security updates:
The IcedTea project provides a harness to build the source code from OpenJDK6 u...
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JDK 7 High-Level Schedule Announced
A high-level schedule for JDK 7 development has just been announced. The schedule calls for a release candidate build in May 2011, and general availability of JDK 7 at the end of July 2011. Here are the announced dates:
2010/12/16 Feature Complete
2011/04/12 Rampdown start: P1-P3 bugs only
2011/04/28 API/interface changes: Showstoppers only
2011/05/11 All targeted bugs addressed; First release candidate built
2011/05/18 Bug fixes: Showstoppers only
2011/06/08 Final test cycle starts
2011/07/28 General Availability
This schedule implements the "Plan B" proposal put forth by Mark Reinhold. See Mark's Re-thinking JDK 7 post, the updated JDK 7 featur list, and the JDK 7 Milestones Schedule for more information.
On a related topic, see Mark Reinhold's announcement of A JSR Quartet (which we're currently featuring as a java.net Spotlight). The submitted JSRs are:
JSR 334: Small
Enhancements to the Java Programming Language, by Joe Darcy with help from Jon Gibbons, Maurizio Cimadamore, and many
others in Project Coin;
JSR 335: Lambda
Expressions for the Java Programming Language, by Brian Goetz with help from Alex Buckley, Maurizio, and others
in Project Lambda;
JSR 336: Java SE
7 Release Contents, for the enormous team effort that is JDK 7 (the first half
of Plan B);
and, finally,
JSR 337: Java SE
8 Release Contents, for the eventual JDK 8 (...
Date: November, 17 2010
Url: http://www.java.net/blog/editor/archive/2010/11/17/jdk-7-high-level-schedule-announced
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