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Re: new JDK released 1.7.0_03

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From	Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com>
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Subject	Re: new JDK released 1.7.0_03
Date	Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:05:49 -0800 (PST)
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Fredrik Jonson wrote:
> Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>  As far as I can see then OpenJDK does not even have a u3 only
>>  u2 and u4.
> 
> It seems that oracle have reserved odd releases solely for security updates,
> while feature releases are even numbered. I'm not suprised that they do the
> even numbered releases out in the open with openjdk, while keeping the odd
> releases with security fixes secret as long as possible.

What the ...?

> I haven't seen this policy stated authoritively publicly anywhere, but the
> pattern of changes in the three updates of jdk [sic] 7 sure seems to support it.

Maybe because that isn't the policy and the three updates of Oracle's Java 7 
completely disprove the notion.

Java 1.7.0_1 had both security and feature changes, 1.7.0_02 had both security 
and feature changes, and 1.7.0_03 had both security and and non-security 
changes.

-- 
Lew

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    Re: new JDK released 1.7.0_03 Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-02-15 07:44 -0800
      Re: new JDK released 1.7.0_03 Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-02-15 20:04 -0500
    Re: new JDK released 1.7.0_03 markspace <-@.> - 2012-02-15 08:57 -0800
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      Re: new JDK released 1.7.0_03 Fredrik Jonson <fredrik@jonson.org> - 2012-02-16 06:20 +0000
        Re: new JDK released 1.7.0_03 Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-02-15 23:05 -0800
          Re: new JDK released 1.7.0_03 Fredrik Jonson <fredrik@jonson.org> - 2012-02-16 18:21 +0000
            Re: new JDK released 1.7.0_03 Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-02-16 11:42 -0800
              Re: new JDK released 1.7.0_03 Fredrik Jonson <fredrik@jonson.org> - 2012-02-17 05:25 +0000
                Re: new JDK released 1.7.0_03 Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-02-17 02:09 -0800
        Re: new JDK released 1.7.0_03 v_borchert@despammed.com (Volker Borchert) - 2012-02-18 06:54 +0000

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