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Re: Java 8u40 released: why?
From: Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith () oracle com>
Date: Fri, 06 Mar 2015 18:29:55 -0800
On 03/ 6/15 06:21 PM, paul.szabo () sydney edu au wrote:
Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith () oracle com> wrote (and he should know!):Java 8u40 is a feature release that's been planned for almost a year, not a special out of band bug fix release. http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk8u/releases/8u40.html https://blogs.oracle.com/thejavatutorials/entry/jdk_8u40_releasedMy observation in the past was that Java updates came with the rest of the "quarterly CPU" cycle. Was that wrong, has something changed?
There are Java updates associated with security fixes on the quarterly CPU cycle, but those aren't the only Java updates - it is software under active development after all, and releases new features too, not just security patches. http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/overview/jdk-version-number-scheme-1918258.html https://www.java.com/en/download/faq/release_dates.xml http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk8u/ -- -Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersmith () oracle com Oracle Solaris Engineering - http://blogs.oracle.com/alanc _______________________________________________ Sent through the Full Disclosure mailing list https://nmap.org/mailman/listinfo/fulldisclosure Web Archives & RSS: http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/
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