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Dustin's Software Development Cogitations and Speculations

This blog is about my observations and thoughts related to software development. These observations include tips and tricks that I have learned, solutions to problems I have faced, and other concepts I have found interesting and useful. This blog is intended to provide information to help other developers facing the same issues as well as providing me a method to document things in a well-known location for my own future reference.

The Big Java News Keeps Coming: Java SE 6 and OpenJDK

Submitted by Dustin Marx on Sat, 03/09/2013 - 14:11.
 
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I recently posted Recent Java 8 News, summarizing some of the recent developments in Java 8. In less than a week since publishing that post, several more significant Java news stories have come out and I summarize some of these in this post. Common themes include different Java SE 6 implementations and OpenJDK.

Java Security Issues Impact End-of-Life for Oracle Java SE 6 Implementation

In February 2012, Oracle extended the end-of-life for its Java SE 6 implementation from July 2012 to November 2012. This was later changed to February 2013 as shown in the Java SE EOL Policy under the section "Java SE 6 End of Public Updates Notice": "After February 2013, Oracle will no longer post updates of Java SE 6 to its public download sites." Plans were slightly changed, however, due to discovered security vulnerabilities that led to two more Critical Patch Updates (CPUs): Java SE 6 Update 41 and Java SE 6 Update 43. Note that the odd numbers in the releases (41 and 43) indicate CPUs rather than limited updates. Oracle encourage developers to move to Java 7 for future updates.

RedHat to Lead OpenJDK 6

It was announced this week that RedHat will take over leadership of the OpenJDK 6 project. As stated in the Red Hat press release, this move "effectively [extends] support for [OpenJDK 6] and its users." This is especially significant, of course, given the imminent end-of-life of the Java SE 6 implementation provided by Oracle.

Java on iOS

I recently posted on the announcement of plans to put JavaFX on iOS and Android. Now, there's talk via an OpenJDK JDK Enhancement Proposal (JEP #178 - "Statically-Linked JNI Libraries") of "[enhancing] the JNI specification to support statically-linked native libraries." This becomes even more interesting than it may initially sound when one considers implications such as the potential for this to allow Java applications to be deployed to iOS.

Complimentary (Free!) Admission to JAXConf US

It was announced this week that JAXConf US 2013 is open without charge to attendees to attend two days of keynotes and conference sessions (Tutorials day is $299). The conference is being held in Santa Clara, California, in early June (June 4-5).

Original posting available at http://marxsoftware.blogspot.com/ (Inspired by Actual Events)