[Cruisecontrol-devel] JDK 9 & JDK 9 with Project Jigsaw b144 are available on java.net

[Rory O'Donnell]

Hi Kent,

Early Access b144 <https://jdk9.java.net/jigsaw/> (#5709) for JDK 9 with
Project Jigsaw is available on java.net, summary of changes are listed
here.
<http://www.java.net/download/java/jigsaw/archive/144/binaries/jdk-9+144.html>

Early Access b144 <https://jdk9.java.net/download/> for JDK 9 is
available on java.net, summary of changes are listed here
<http://www.java.net/download/java/jdk9/changes/jdk-9+144.html>.

There have been a number of fixes to bugs reported by Open Source
projects since the last availability email :

* JDK-8156149 : Blurry rendering on Windows 7 at 125% screen setting
* JDK-8167431 : tools javac takes too long time to resolve interface
dependency
* JDK-8062810 : infrastructure Examine src.zip in JDK image and decide
if source classes should be organized by module

*Proposal* - latest update

* b142 of JDK 9 with project Jigsaw has the initial implementation
of open modules and open packages as detailed in the recent proposal
for #ReflectiveAccessToNonExportedTypes [1]

*Tool*

Adapted from JEP 277 [2]

* A static analysis tool jdeprscan has been provided that scans a jar
file (or some other aggregation of class files) for uses of
deprecated API elements.

*Schedule*

* The proposed JDK 9 schedule has been adopted and posted on the Open
JDK 9 Project Page [3]


Rgds,Rory

[1]
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jpms-spec-experts/2016-October/000430.html
[2] http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/277
[3] http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk9/