Welcome to the JDK 8 Updates Project!

The goal of this Project is to develop updates to JDK 8.

This Project is sponsored by the Build Group.

• Mailing list: jdk8u-dev
• Q&A

Processes

• Guidelines for working on jdk8u
• Bulk Changes
• Public Code Review
• Phase2 Integration Process
• Proposing critical 8u fixes for CPU releases

JEP 2.0 Process in use

• The JEP 2.0 Process is used to manage features and major changes being delivered to the JDK 8 Updates Project since the JDK 8u40 release.

Templates

• Maintainer Delegation Template
• Push Approval Request Template
• Phase2 Push Approval Request Template

People

• Andrew Haley serves as the Project Lead.
• The list of Reviewers, Committers, and Authors can be found in the jdk8u entry of the OpenJDK Census.

Maintainers

• Andrew Haley
• Andrew Hughes

JDK 8 Update Releases

• 8u202 Timeline [Released]
• 8u192 Timeline [Released]
• 8u172 Timeline [Released]
• 8u162 Timeline [Released]
• 8u152 Timeline [Released]
• 8u112 Timeline [Released]
• 8u102 Timeline [Released]
• 8u92 Timeline [Released]
• 8u72 Timeline [Released]
• 8u66 Timeline [Released]
• 8u60 Timeline[ JEPs ] [Released]
• 8u40 Timeline[ JEPs ] [Released]
• 8u20 Timeline [Released]

Status

We're open for fixes in the jdk8u-dev forest.

Source code

The jdk8u-dev forest for ongoing development can be cloned using this command:  hg clone http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8u/jdk8u-dev;cd jdk8u-dev;sh get_source.sh 

The corresponding master forest jdk8u can be cloned using this command: hg clone http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8u/jdk8u;cd jdk8u;sh get_source.sh 

In addition, the source code for the last release, 8u202, is available by cloning the 8u master forest : http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8u/jdk8u and using the 'jdk8u202-ga' mercurial tag.