Release Announcement: General Availability of Java 16 / JDK 16

Rory O'Donnell <[email protected]> Tue, 16 Mar 2021 14:53:11 +0000
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Hi Kent,

*Release Announcement: General Availability of Java 16 / JDK 16 *

**

  * JDK 16, the reference implementation of Java 16, is now Generally
    Available. [1]
  * GPL-licensed OpenJDK builds from Oracle are available here:
    http://jdk.java.net/16/ <http://jdk.java.net/16/>
  * JDK 16 Release notes
    <https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/javase/16-relnotes.html>

*JDK 16 includes the following features [2]:*

  * 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 389:Foreign Linker API (Incubator)
    <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/389>
  * JEP 390:Warnings for Value-Based Classes
    <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/390>
  * 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>
  * JEP 396:Strongly Encapsulate JDK Internals by Default
    <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/396>
  * JEP 397:Sealed Classes (Second Preview)
    <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/397>

Thanks to everyone who contributed to JDK 16, whether by creating 
features or enhancements, logging bugs, or

downloading and testing the early-access builds.

*OpenJDK 17 Early Access build 13 is now available at 
http://jdk.java.net/17 <http://jdk.java.net/17/>
*


**

  * These early access, open source builds are provided under the GNU
    General Public License, version 2, with the Classpath Exception
    <http://openjdk.java.net/legal/gplv2+ce.html>.
  * JEPs targeted to JDK 17, so far:
      o JEP 356: Enhanced Pseudo-Random Number Generators
        <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/356>

  * Release Notes are available at http://jdk.java.net/17/release-notes
    <http://jdk.java.net/17/release-notes>

  * Significant changes since the last availability email:
      o JDK-8259709: Disable SHA-1 XML Signatures (b13)
      o JDK-6323374: (coll) Optimize Collections.unmodifiable* and
        synchronized*(b13)
      o JDK-8139348: Deprecate 3DES and RC4 in Kerberos (b12)
      o JDK-8259662: Don't wrap SocketExceptions into SSLExceptions in
        SSLSocketImpl (b11)
      o JDK-8235139: Deprecate the socket impl factory mechanism(b10)
      o JDK-8225081: Remove Telia Company CA certificate expiring in
        April 2021(b9)


*Project Lanai Early-Access Builds
*

  * EA 10 Build 17-lanai+3-133 (2021/3/2) is available -
    http://jdk.java.net/lanai/
  * These early access, open source builds are provided under the GNU
    General Public License, version 2, with the Classpath Exception
    <http://openjdk.java.net/legal/gplv2+ce.html>.


*Project Loom Early-Access Builds*

  * Build 17-loom+4-174 (2021/3/12) is available - http://jdk.java.net/loom/
  * These early access, open source builds are provided under the GNU
    General Public License, version 2, with the Classpath Exception
    <http://openjdk.java.net/legal/gplv2+ce.html>.


*Project Panama Early-Access Builds
*

  * Build 17-panama+2-51 (2021/2/12) is available -
    http://jdk.java.net/panama/
  * These early access, open source builds are provided under the GNU
    General Public License, version 2, with the Classpath Exception
    <http://openjdk.java.net/legal/gplv2+ce.html>.


Rgds,Rory

[1] https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk-dev/2021-March/005188.html

[2] https://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk/16/ 
<https://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk/16/>


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      <p class="MsoNormal"><br>
        <span lang="EN-US">Hi Kent, </span><o:p></o:p></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">Release Announcement:
            General Availability of Java 16 / JDK 16 </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">&nbsp;</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
      <ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
        <li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l2
          level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US">JDK 16, the reference
            implementation of Java 16, is now Generally Available. [1]</span><o:p></o:p></li>
        <li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l2
          level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US">GPL-licensed OpenJDK builds
            from Oracle are available here: <a href="http://jdk.java.net/16/">http://jdk.java.net/16/</a></span><o:p></o:p></li>
        <li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l2
          level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US">JDK 16 <a href="https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/javase/16-relnotes.html">Release
              notes</a></span><o:p></o:p></li>
      </ul>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">JDK 16 includes the
            following features [2]:</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
      <ul style="margin-top:0cm;caret-color: rgb(0, 0,
        0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans:
        auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust:
        auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px" type="disc">
        <li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
          JEP 338:<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><a href="https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/338">Vector API
            (Incubator)</a><o:p></o:p></li>
        <li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
          JEP 347:<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><a href="https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/347">Enable C++14
            Language Features</a><o:p></o:p></li>
        <li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
          JEP 357:<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><a href="https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/357" title="https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/357">Migrate from
            Mercurial to Git</a><o:p></o:p></li>
        <li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
          JEP 369:<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><a href="https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/369" title="https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/369">Migrate to GitHub</a><o:p></o:p></li>
        <li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
          JEP 376:<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><a href="https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/376" title="https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/376">ZGC: Concurrent
            Thread-Stack Processing</a><o:p></o:p></li>
        <li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
          JEP 380:<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><a href="https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/380" title="https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/380">Unix-Domain Socket
            Channels</a><o:p></o:p></li>
        <li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
          JEP 386:<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><a href="https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/386" title="https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/386">Alpine Linux Port</a><o:p></o:p></li>
        <li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
          JEP 387:<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><a href="https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/387" title="https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/387">Elastic Metaspace</a><o:p></o:p></li>
        <li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
          JEP 388:<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><a href="https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/388" title="https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/388">Windows/AArch64
            Port</a><o:p></o:p></li>
        <li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
          JEP 389:<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><a href="https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/389" title="https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/389">Foreign Linker API
            (Incubator)</a><o:p></o:p></li>
        <li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
          JEP 390:<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><a href="https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/390" title="https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/390">Warnings for
            Value-Based Classes</a><o:p></o:p></li>
        <li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
          JEP 392:<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><a href="https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/392">Packaging Tool</a><o:p></o:p></li>
        <li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
          JEP 393:<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><a href="https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/393" title="https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/393">Foreign-Memory
            Access API (Third Incubator)</a><o:p></o:p></li>
        <li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
          JEP 394:<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><a href="https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/394">Pattern Matching
            for instanceof</a><o:p></o:p></li>
        <li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
          JEP 395:<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><a href="https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/395">Records</a><o:p></o:p></li>
        <li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
          JEP 396:<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><a href="https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/396" title="https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/396">Strongly
            Encapsulate JDK Internals by Default</a><o:p></o:p></li>
        <li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
          JEP 397:<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><a href="https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/397" title="https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/397">Sealed Classes
            (Second Preview)</a><o:p></o:p></li>
      </ul>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Thanks to everyone who
          contributed to JDK 16, whether by creating features or
          enhancements, logging bugs, or <br>
        </span></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">downloading and testing
          the early-access builds.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">OpenJDK 17 Early Access
            build 13 is now available at <a href="http://jdk.java.net/17/">http://jdk.java.net/17</a><br>
          </span></b></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><br>
        <b><span lang="EN-US"></span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
      <span lang="EN-US"> </span><o:p></o:p>
      <ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
        <li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0
          level1 lfo3">These early access, open source builds are
          provided under the <a href="http://openjdk.java.net/legal/gplv2+ce.html" target="_blank">GNU General Public License, version&nbsp;2, with
            the Classpath Exception</a>.<br>
          <span lang="EN-US"></span></li>
        <li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0
          level1 lfo3"><span lang="EN-US">JEPs targeted to JDK 17, so
            far:</span><o:p></o:p></li>
        <ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="circle">
          <li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo3"><span lang="EN-US">JEP 356: <a href="https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/356">Enhanced
                Pseudo-Random Number Generators</a></span><o:p></o:p></li>
        </ul>
        <o:p></o:p>
      </ul>
      <ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
        <li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0
          level1 lfo3"><span lang="EN-US">Release Notes are available at
            <a href="http://jdk.java.net/17/release-notes">http://jdk.java.net/17/release-notes</a></span><o:p></o:p></li>
      </ul>
      <ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
        <li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0
          level1 lfo3"><span lang="EN-US">Significant changes since the
            last availability email:</span><o:p></o:p></li>
        <ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="circle">
          <ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="square">
          </ul>
          <li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level3 lfo3"><span lang="EN-US">JDK-8259709: Disable SHA-1 XML Signatures
              (b13)</span><o:p></o:p></li>
          <li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level3 lfo3">JDK-6323374:
            (coll) Optimize Collections.unmodifiable* and synchronized*<span lang="EN-US">(b13)</span><o:p></o:p></li>
          <li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level3 lfo3"><span lang="EN-US">JDK-8139348: Deprecate 3DES and RC4 in
              Kerberos </span><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US">(b12)</span></span></li>
          <li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level3 lfo3"><span lang="EN-US">JDK-8259662: Don't wrap SocketExceptions into
              SSLExceptions in SSLSocketImpl </span><span lang="EN-US">(b11)</span><o:p></o:p></li>
          <li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level3 lfo3"><span lang="EN-US">JDK-8235139: Deprecate the socket impl
              factory mechanism</span><span lang="EN-US">(b10)</span><o:p></o:p></li>
          <li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level3 lfo3"><span lang="EN-US">JDK-8225081: Remove Telia Company CA
              certificate expiring in April 2021</span><span lang="EN-US">(b9)</span></li>
        </ul>
      </ul>
      <br>
      <b>Project Lanai Early-Access Builds<br>
      </b>
      <ul>
        <li>EA 10 Build 17-lanai+3-133 (2021/3/2) <span style="font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="font-weight: normal;">is available - <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://jdk.java.net/lanai/">http://jdk.java.net/lanai/</a><br>
          </span></li>
        <li>These early access, open source builds are provided under
          the <a href="http://openjdk.java.net/legal/gplv2+ce.html" target="_blank">GNU General Public License, version&nbsp;2, with
            the Classpath Exception</a>.</li>
      </ul>
      <br>
      <b>Project Loom Early-Access Builds</b><br>
      <ul>
        <li><span style="font-weight: normal;">Build 17-loom+4-174
            (2021/3/12)&nbsp; </span><span style="font-weight: normal;">is
            available - <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://jdk.java.net/loom/">http://jdk.java.net/loom/</a></span></li>
        <li>These early access, open source builds are provided under
          the <a href="http://openjdk.java.net/legal/gplv2+ce.html" target="_blank">GNU General Public License, version&nbsp;2, with
            the Classpath Exception</a>.</li>
      </ul>
      <span style="font-weight: normal;"></span><br>
      <b>Project Panama Early-Access Builds<br>
      </b>
      <ul>
        <li>Build 17-panama+2-51 (2021/2/12) <span style="font-weight:
            normal;"></span><span style="font-weight: normal;">is
            available - <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://jdk.java.net/panama/">http://jdk.java.net/panama/</a></span>
        </li>
        <li>These early access, open source builds are provided under
          the <a href="http://openjdk.java.net/legal/gplv2+ce.html" target="_blank">GNU General Public License, version&nbsp;2, with
            the Classpath Exception</a>.</li>
      </ul>
      <br>
      <ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
        <ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="circle">
        </ul>
      </ul>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal">Rgds,Rory</p>
      <p class="MsoNormal">[1] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk-dev/2021-March/005188.html">https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk-dev/2021-March/005188.html</a><br>
        <o:p></o:p></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal">[2] <a href="https://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk/16/">https://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk/16/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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