JDK 12 Early Access build 15 is available

[Rory O'Donnell]

Hi Benedikt,

*JDK 12 Early Access build 15 is available at : - jdk.java.net/12/*

* JDK 12 Schedule is confirmed.
o 2018/12/13 Rampdown Phase One <http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/3#rdp-1>
o 2019/01/17 Rampdown Phase Two <http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/3#rdp-2>
o 2019/02/07 Release-Candidate Phase
<http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/3#rc>
o 2019/03/19 General Availability
* Release Notes for JDK 12 [1]
* JEPs targeted to JDK 12, so far
o 325: Switch Expressions (Preview [2]) - Integrated
o 326: Raw String Literals (Preview [2]) - Integrated
o 340: One AArch64 Port, Not Two
<http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/340> - Targeted
o 341: Default CDS Archives <http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/341>-
Integrated
* Important fixes since last email
o (b15)  Implementation of JEP 341: Default CDS Archives
o (b14) LDAPS Communication Failure (JDK-8211107
<https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8211107>)
o (b14) Support dns_canonicalize_hostname in krb5.conf
(JDK-8210821 <https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8210821>)
o (b14) Removal of com.sun.awt.SecurityWarning Class (JDK-8210692
<https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8210692>)


*JDK 8u202 planning [3]*

* 8u202 is proposed to be the last Oracle led release for this OpenJDK
Project.
* A proposed timeline is as follows :
o July 2018 8u-dev forest begins collecting 8u202 fixes
o Mid October 2018 RampDown 2
o Mid January 2019 GA

Rgds, Rory

[1] http://jdk.java.net/12/release-notes
[2] http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/12
[3]
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk8u-dev/2018-September/007923.html<http://jdk.java.net/12/release-notes>
<https://download.java.net/java/early_access/jmc7/core/common/docs/api/overview-summary.html>