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Re: Java 7 update - release schedule?

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From	Fredrik Jonson <fredrik@jonson.org>
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Subject	Re: Java 7 update - release schedule?
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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.

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Fredrik Jonson

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Java 7 update - release schedule? Fredrik Jonson <fredrik@jonson.org> - 2011-10-09 07:22 +0000
  Re: Java 7 update - release schedule? Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-10-09 07:47 -0700
    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
    Re: Java 7 update - release schedule? Fredrik Jonson <fredrik@jonson.org> - 2011-10-10 07:14 +0000
      Re: Java 7 update - release schedule? v_borchert@despammed.com (Volker Borchert) - 2011-10-11 19:48 +0000

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