# HG changeset patch # User Andrew John Hughes # Date 1491271355 -3600 # Node ID 7e5ce31d9d315a6ba8bdd31925d8ad725491d76d # Parent 39e5553e0695e1523ce4e93827ba8dfcb10881a0 Add 2.6.9 release notes. 2017-04-03 Andrew John Hughes * NEWS: Add 2.6.9 release notes. diff -r 39e5553e0695 -r 7e5ce31d9d31 ChangeLog --- a/ChangeLog Mon Feb 06 19:39:41 2017 +0000 +++ b/ChangeLog Tue Apr 04 03:02:35 2017 +0100 @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2017-04-03 Andrew John Hughes + + * NEWS: + Add 2.6.9 release notes. + 2017-01-24 Andrew John Hughes PR3318: Replace 'infinality' with diff -r 39e5553e0695 -r 7e5ce31d9d31 NEWS --- a/NEWS Mon Feb 06 19:39:41 2017 +0000 +++ b/NEWS Tue Apr 04 03:02:35 2017 +0100 @@ -17,22 +17,142 @@ * New features - PR3180: Support building without pre-compiled headers * Backports - - S7102489, PR3316, RH1390708: RFE: cleanup jlong typedef on __APPLE__and _LLP64 systems. - - S8000351, PR3316, RH1390708: Tenuring threshold should be unsigned - S8076221, PR2809, RH1302385: Disable RC4 cipher suites - - S8153711, PR3313, RH1284948: [REDO] JDWP: Memory Leak: GlobalRefs never deleted when processing invokeMethod command - - S8170888, PR3316, RH1390708: [linux] Experimental support for cgroup memory limits in container (ie Docker) environments * Bug fixes - PR3162: Remove reference to AbstractPlainDatagramSocketImpl.c, removed in 8072466 - - PR3318: Always round glyph advance in 26.6 space +* AArch64 port + - PR3209: Backed out changeset 3cc3ab869ccf + +New in release 2.6.9 (2017-02-14): + +* Security fixes + - S8138725: Add options for Javadoc generation + - S8140353: Improve signature checking + - S8151934, CVE-2017-3231: Resolve class resolution + - S8156804, CVE-2017-3241: Better constraint checking + - S8158406: Limited Parameter Processing + - S8158997: JNDI Protocols Switch + - S8159507: RuntimeVisibleAnnotation validation + - S8161218: Better bytecode loading + - S8161743, CVE-2017-3252: Provide proper login context + - S8162577: Standardize logging levels + - S8162973: Better component components + - S8164143, CVE-2017-3260: Improve components for menu items + - S8164147, CVE-2017-3261: Improve streaming socket output + - S8165071, CVE-2016-2183: Expand TLS support + - S8165344, CVE-2017-3272: Update concurrency support + - S8166988, CVE-2017-3253: Improve image processing performance + - S8167104, CVE-2017-3289: Additional class construction refinements + - S8167223, CVE-2016-5552: URL handling improvements + - S8168705, CVE-2016-5547: Better ObjectIdentifier validation + - S8168714, CVE-2016-5546: Tighten ECDSA validation + - S8168728, CVE-2016-5548: DSA signing improvments + - S8168724, CVE-2016-5549: ECDSA signing improvments +* Import of OpenJDK 7 u131 build 0 + - S6253144: Long narrowing conversion should describe the algorithm used and implied "risks" + - S6328537: Improve javadocs for Socket class by adding references to SocketOptions + - S6978886: javadoc shows stacktrace after print error resulting from disk full + - S6995421: Eliminate the static dependency to sun.security.ec.ECKeyFactory + - S6996372: synchronizing handshaking hash + - S7027045: (doc) java/awt/Window.java has several typos in javadoc + - S7054969: Null-check-in-finally pattern in java/security documentation + - S7072353: JNDI libraries do not build with javac -Xlint:all -Werror + - S7075563: Broken link in "javax.swing.SwingWorker" + - S7077672: jdk8_tl nightly fail in step-2 build on 8/10/11 + - S7088502: Security libraries don't build with javac -Werror + - S7092447: Clarify the default locale used in each locale sensitive operation + - S7093640: Enable client-side TLS 1.2 by default + - S7103570: AtomicIntegerFieldUpdater does not work when SecurityManager is installed + - S7117360: Warnings in java.util.concurrent.atomic package + - S7117465: Warning cleanup for IMF classes + - S7187144: JavaDoc for ScriptEngineFactory.getProgram() contains an error + - S8000418: javadoc should used a standard "generated by javadoc" string + - S8000666: javadoc should write directly to Writer instead of composing strings + - S8000673: remove dead code from HtmlWriter and subtypes + - S8000970: break out auxiliary classes that will prevent multi-core compilation of the JDK + - S8001669: javadoc internal DocletAbortException should set cause when appropriate + - S8008949: javadoc stopped copying doc-files + - S8011402: Move blacklisting certificate logic from hard code to data + - S8011547: Update XML Signature implementation to Apache Santuario 1.5.4 + - S8012288: XML DSig API allows wrong tag names and extra elements in SignedInfo + - S8016217: More javadoc warnings + - S8017325: Cleanup of the javadoc tag in java.security.cert + - S8017326: Cleanup of the javadoc tag in java.security.spec + - S8019772: Fix doclint issues in javax.crypto and javax.security subpackages + - S8020557: javadoc cleanup in javax.security + - S8020688: Broken links in documentation at http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/index. + - S8021108: Clean up doclint warnings and errors in java.text package + - S8021417: Fix doclint issues in java.util.concurrent + - S8021833: javadoc cleanup in java.net + - S8022120: JCK test api/javax_xml/crypto/dsig/TransformService/index_ParamMethods fails + - S8022175: Fix doclint warnings in javax.print + - S8022406: Fix doclint issues in java.beans + - S8022746: List of spelling errors in API doc + - S8024779: [macosx] SwingNode crashes on exit + - S8025085: [javadoc] some errors in javax/swing + - S8025218: [javadoc] some errors in java/awt classes + - S8025249: [javadoc] fix some javadoc errors in javax/swing/ + - S8025409: Fix javadoc comments errors and warning reported by doclint report + - S8026021: more fix of javadoc errors and warnings reported by doclint, see the description + - S8037099: [macosx] Remove all references to GC from native OBJ-C code + - S8038184: XMLSignature throws StringIndexOutOfBoundsException if ID attribute value is empty String + - S8038349: Signing XML with DSA throws Exception when key is larger than 1024 bits + - S8049244: XML Signature performance issue caused by unbuffered signature data + - S8049432: New tests for TLS property jdk.tls.client.protocols + - S8050893: (smartcardio) Invert reset argument in tests in sun/security/smartcardio + - S8059212: Modify sun/security/smartcardio manual regression tests so that they do not just fail if no cardreader found + - S8068279: (typo in the spec) javax.script.ScriptEngineFactory.getLanguageName + - S8068491: Update the protocol for references of docs.oracle.com to HTTPS. + - S8069038: javax/net/ssl/TLS/TLSClientPropertyTest.java needs to be updated for JDK-8061210 + - S8076369: Introduce the jdk.tls.client.protocols system property for JDK 7u + - S8139565: Restrict certificates with DSA keys less than 1024 bits + - S8140422: Add mechanism to allow non default root CAs to be not subject to algorithm restrictions + - S8140587: Atomic*FieldUpdaters should use Class.isInstance instead of direct class check + - S8143959: Certificates requiring blacklisting + - S8145984: [macosx] sun.lwawt.macosx.CAccessible leaks + - S8148516: Improve the default strength of EC in JDK + - S8149029: Secure validation of XML based digital signature always enabled when checking wrapping attacks + - S8151893: Add security property to configure XML Signature secure validation mode + - S8155760: Implement Serialization Filtering + - S8156802: Better constraint checking + - S8161228: URL objects with custom protocol handlers have port changed after deserializing + - S8161571: Verifying ECDSA signatures permits trailing bytes + - S8163304: jarsigner -verbose -verify should print the algorithms used to sign the jar + - S8164908: ReflectionFactory support for IIOP and custom serialization + - S8165230: RMIConnection addNotificationListeners failing with specific inputs + - S8166393: disabledAlgorithms property should not be strictly parsed + - S8166591: [macos 10.12] Trackpad scrolling of text on OS X 10.12 Sierra is very fast (Trackpad, Retina only) + - S8166739: Improve extensibility of ObjectInputFilter information passed to the filter + - S8166875: (tz) Support tzdata2016g + - S8166878: Connection reset during TLS handshake + - S8167356: Follow up fix for jdk8 backport of 8164143. Changes for CMenuComponent.m were missed + - S8167459: Add debug output for indicating if a chosen ciphersuite was legacy + - S8167472: Chrome interop regression with JDK-8148516 + - S8167591: Add MD5 to signed JAR restrictions + - S8168861: AnchorCertificates uses hardcoded password for cacerts keystore + - S8168993: JDK8u121 L10n resource file update + - S8169191: (tz) Support tzdata2016i + - S8169688: Backout (remove) MD5 from jdk.jar.disabledAlgorithms for January CPU + - S8169911: Enhanced tests for jarsigner -verbose -verify after JDK-8163304 + - S8170131: Certificates not being blocked by jdk.tls.disabledAlgorithms property + - S8170268: 8u121 L10n resource file update - msgdrop 20 + - S8173622: Backport of 7180907 is incomplete + - S8173849: Fix use of java.util.Base64 in test cases + - S8173854: [TEST] Update DHEKeySizing test case following 8076328 & 8081760 +* Backports + - S7102489, PR3316, RH1390708: RFE: cleanup jlong typedef on __APPLE__and _LLP64 systems. + - S8000351, PR3316, RH1390708: Tenuring threshold should be unsigned + - S8153711, PR3315, RH1284948: [REDO] JDWP: Memory Leak: GlobalRefs never deleted when processing invokeMethod command + - S8170888, PR3316, RH1390708: [linux] Experimental support for cgroup memory limits in container (ie Docker) environments +* Bug fixes + - PR3318: Replace 'infinality' with 'improved font rendering' (--enable-improved-font-rendering) - PR3318: Fix compatibility with vanilla Fontconfig - PR3318: Fix glyph y advance - - PR3318: Replace 'infinality' with 'improved font rendering' (--enable-improved-font-rendering) + - PR3318: Always round glyph advance in 26.6 space - PR3318: Simplify glyph advance handling + - PR3324: Fix NSS_LIBDIR substitution in make_generic_profile.sh broken by PR1989 * AArch64 port - - S8165673: AArch64: Fix JNI floating point argument handling - - PR3209: Backed out changeset 3cc3ab869ccf - - PR3211: AArch64 build fails with pre-compiled headers disabled + - S8165673, PR3320: AArch64: Fix JNI floating point argument handling New in release 2.6.8 (2016-11-13):