

Occasional exceptions are made when an issue only applies to 8. if 11u is still maintained and has the patch, it should be backported from that repository, rather than jdk/jdk. The version of OpenJDK closest to 8u should be used to minimise the differences between the two JDKs e.g. The vast majority of changes submitted to the OpenJDK 8 project will be backports from later OpenJDK versions. New fixes should first be submitted to the development repository for the current version of OpenJDK, jdk/jdk, first. Distributors should use this as their primary source for creating OpenJDK builds.įor further process details, you may want to continue reading here. Development takes place in the jdk8u-dev git repository and should be the primary place for OpenJDK 8u committers to submit their work.Ĭode from the development repository is regularly tagged and promoted to the main jdk8u repository, which is used to stabilize and deliver the quarterly releases. "the Tuesday closest to the 17th day of January, April, July and October."Īnnouncements and discussion take place on the jdk8u-dev mailing list. OpenJDK 8 updates will be delivered on the same established quarterly cycle used by Oracle i.e. General InformationĪs a preamble, the project lead has established general guidelines for working on jdk8u and best practices for OpenJDK 8u backports. The transition of the 8u repositories from Mercurial to git was completed after the April 2022 release, on Monday, April 25th. Older releases can be found in the archive. Tuesday, October 17th 2023: GA OpenJDK 8u392 released (tag: jdk8u392-ga, likely to be jdk8u392-b10).Friday, September 23rd 2023: Final jdk8u build promotion (tag: jdk8u392-b09).Friday, September 16th 2023: Third jdk8u build promotion (tag: jdk8u392-b08).

Friday, September 9th 2023: Second jdk8u build promotion (tag: jdk8u392-b07).Friday, September 2nd 2023: First jdk8u build promotion (tag: jdk8u392-b06).Friday, August 25th 2023: Fifth build promotion jdk8u-dev→ jdk8u (tag: jdk8u392-b05) & start of Rampdown phase.Friday, August 18th 2023: Fourth build promotion jdk8u-dev→ jdk8u (tag: jdk8u392-b04).Friday, August 11th 2023: Third build promotion jdk8u-dev→ jdk8u (tag: jdk8u392-b03).Friday, August 4th 2023: Second build promotion jdk8u-dev→ jdk8u (tag: jdk8u392-b02).Friday, July 28th 2023: First build promotion jdk8u-dev→jdk8u (tag: jdk8u392-b01).Tuesday, July 18th 2023: GA OpenJDK 8u382 released (tag: jdk8u382-ga, likely to be jdk8u382-b08).Friday, June 23rd 2023: Final jdk8u build promotion (tag: jdk8u382-b07).Friday, June 16th 2023: Third jdk8u build promotion (tag: jdk8u382-b06).

