[Cruisecontrol-devel] JDK 9 EA Build 170 is available on jdk.java.net

[Rory O'Donnell]

Hi Kent,

*
JDK 9 Early Access* build 170 is available at the new location : -
jdk.java.net/9/

A summary of all the changes in this build are listed here
<http://download.java.net/java/jdk9/changes/jdk-9+170.html>.

Changes which were introduced since the last availability email that may
be of interest :

* b168 - JDK-8175814: Update default HttpClient protocol version and
optional request version
o related to JEP 110 : HTTP/2 Client.
* b169 - JDK-8178380 : Module system implementation refresh (5/2017)
o changes in command line options
* b170 - JDK-8177153 : LambdaMetafactory has default
constructorIncompatible change,
o release note: JDK-8180035

*New Proposal - Mark Reinhold has asked for comments on the jigsaw-dev
mailing list *[1]

* Proposal: Allow illegal reflective access by default in JDK 9

In short, the existing "big kill switch" of the `--permit-illegal-access`
option [1] will become the default behavior of the JDK 9 run-time system,
though without as many warnings. The current behavior of JDK 9, in which
illegal reflective-access operations from code on the class path are not
permitted, will become the default in a future release. Nothing will
change at compile time.


Rgds,Rory

[1] http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jigsaw-dev/2017-May/012673.html