Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!nuzba.szn.dk!pnx.dk!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: v_borchert@despammed.com (Volker Borchert) Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Java 7 update - release schedule? Date: 11 Oct 2011 19:48:32 GMT Organization: Private site at Eddersheim, Germany Lines: 26 Distribution: world Message-ID: References: <24605756.79.1318172928553.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@prcs9> X-Trace: individual.net cQv/5h57qb1Ai3qfjpJHDwv6RbQb83JB41PrVw3Qjlj0bypZdt Cancel-Lock: sha1:yYiWRyV//PVoDaJ5DOc0s6J9MlQ= Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:8715 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. -- "I'm a doctor, not a mechanic." Dr Leonard McCoy "I'm a mechanic, not a doctor." Volker Borchert