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Re: Java 7 update - release schedule?

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Fredrik Jonson wrote:
> In <24605756.79.1318172928553.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@prcs9> Lew wrote:
> 
> >  Each Java vendor has its own schedule.  AFAIK, none of them release updates
> >  on a fixed schedule, but I could be wrong.  It's just that in all my years
> >  as a Java programmer I've never seen one pre-schedule updates.
> 
> No, I think you're correct, the version history on wikipedia seems to indicate
> that the release schedule is irregular. Though the last two years there has
> been a new update more or less every two months.
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_version_history
> 
> >  No idea.  I think "7u1" refers to the initial public release that came out
> >  in July.  IOW, the release subnumbers apparently are 1-based, not 0-based.
> 
> That didn't ocurr to me, but it sure explains why I found more referenses to
> a future u2, rather than a future u1.

It has been not unusual to leave at least one update number "free" for
emergency (i.e., security fix) releases.

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Java 7 update - release schedule? Fredrik Jonson <fredrik@jonson.org> - 2011-10-09 07:22 +0000
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    Re: Java 7 update - release schedule? Fredrik Jonson <fredrik@jonson.org> - 2011-10-10 07:05 +0000
  Re: Java 7 update - release schedule? Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-10-09 08:08 -0700
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