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Re: new JDK released 1.7.0_03

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On Thursday, February 16, 2012 10:21:50 AM UTC-8, Fredrik Jonson wrote:
> Lew wrote:
> 
> > > I haven't seen this policy stated authoritively publicly anywhere, but
> > > the pattern of changes in the three updates of jdk 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.
> 
> Maybe You're correct, I'm no authority, just calling it as I see it. I'm
> curious, do you have a authoritative source for your statement?

Yes, I looked it up on Oracle's Java page. They issue release notes for every 
version. Most professional software companies do. The release notes describe 
what was done in the release. Their link is right there on the page for the 
download, right after the "ReadMe" link. You can't miss it. 

> >  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.
> 
> I must confess that after the reorganization after Oracle bought Sun I find
> the changelogs harder to interpret. I can't seem to find the full list of
> all bugs fixed in a release in the relase notes anymore. Didn't Sun usually
> include a long table of all fixes in the relase notes? Or was that another
> document? Compare with the table "Other Bug fixes" below:
> 
> http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/6u22releasenotes-176121.html
> 
> Anyway, back on topic. Let me quote from the release notes:
> 
> In update 1:
>  "Bug Fixes This release contains fixes for security vulnerabilities. For
>   more information, please see Oracle Java SE Critical Patch Update advisory."

Selective quotation proves nothing, and is intellectually dishonest.
Update 1 also includes:
"Olson Data 2011g", fixed "RMI Registry Issue", fixed "JIT and Loop Bugs", 
"Other Bug Fixes".

> 
> update 2:
>  "Bug Fixes Java SE 7u2 does not add any fixes for security vulnerabilities
>   beyond those in Java SE 7u1. Users who have Java SE 7u1 have the latest
>   security fixes and do not need to upgrade to this release to be current on
>   security fixes."

And yet they also cite "Enhanced Security Through Old Release Warnings".

> update 3:
>  "Bug Fixes This release contains fixes for security vulnerabilities. For
>   more information, see Oracle Java SE Critical Patch Update Advisory."

And of course that's *all* it contains, right? Oh, wait, except for "Other Bug 
Fixes". There's that selective quotation thing again!

> http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/7u1-relnotes-507962.html
> http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/7u2-relnotes-1394228.html
> http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/7u3-relnotes-1481928.html
> 
> I'd be happy to be proven wrong, and I'd be greatful [sic] if anyone could help
> me find a more complete list of issues relsolved for each 7uN release.

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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
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