Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!npeer02.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail From: Lew Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: new JDK released 1.7.0_03 Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:05:49 -0800 (PST) Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 31 Message-ID: <11335765.54.1329375949705.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@pbcqu8> References: <3uulj71vkkoiiv2hum5hg6anl4d5majer4@4ax.com> <4f3c55ee$0$290$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> NNTP-Posting-Host: 173.164.137.214 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: posting.google.com 1329380717 18041 127.0.0.1 (16 Feb 2012 08:25:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 08:25:17 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=173.164.137.214; posting-account=CP-lKQoAAAAGtB5diOuGlDQk0jIwmH0T User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-Google-Web-Client: true X-Received-Bytes: 2145 Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:12058 Fredrik Jonson wrote: > Arne Vajh=F8j wrote: >> As far as I can see then OpenJDK does not even have a u3 only >> u2 and u4. >=20 > It seems that oracle have reserved odd releases solely for security updat= es, > while feature releases are even numbered. I'm not suprised that they do t= he > even numbered releases out in the open with openjdk, while keeping the od= d > releases with security fixes secret as long as possible. What the ...? > I haven't seen this policy stated authoritively publicly anywhere, but th= e > pattern of changes in the three updates of jdk [sic] 7 sure seems to supp= ort it. Maybe because that isn't the policy and the three updates of Oracle's Java = 7=20 completely disprove the notion. Java 1.7.0_1 had both security and feature changes, 1.7.0_02 had both secur= ity=20 and feature changes, and 1.7.0_03 had both security and and non-security=20 changes. --=20 Lew