# HG changeset patch # User Andrew John Hughes # Date 1496718168 -3600 # Node ID 9cb91fc8fbfe66e624950be189ae9cdcd887b55a # Parent 704de0a1b110e9086b51fc9c1cea42c97958903d Add 2.6.10 release notes. 2017-06-05 Andrew John Hughes * NEWS: Add 2.6.10 release notes. diff -r 704de0a1b110 -r 9cb91fc8fbfe ChangeLog --- a/ChangeLog Thu Apr 27 14:35:07 2017 +0100 +++ b/ChangeLog Tue Jun 06 04:02:48 2017 +0100 @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2017-06-05 Andrew John Hughes + + * NEWS: Add 2.6.10 release notes. + 2017-04-26 Andrew John Hughes PR2732: Raise javadoc memory limits for CACAO diff -r 704de0a1b110 -r 9cb91fc8fbfe NEWS --- a/NEWS Thu Apr 27 14:35:07 2017 +0100 +++ b/NEWS Tue Jun 06 04:02:48 2017 +0100 @@ -16,25 +16,114 @@ * New features - PR3180: Support building without pre-compiled headers +* Backports + - S8076221, PR2809, RH1302385: Disable RC4 cipher suites + - S8078823, PR2809: javax/net/ssl/ciphersuites/DisabledAlgorithms.java fails intermittently + - S8148516, PR2809: Improve the default strength of EC in JDK [test/javax/net/ssl/ciphersuites/DisabledAlgorithms.java update] +* Bug fixes + - PR3162: Remove reference to AbstractPlainDatagramSocketImpl.c, removed in 8072466 + +New in release 2.6.10 (2017-05-16): + +* Security fixes + - S8163520, CVE-2017-3509: Reuse cache entries + - S8163528, CVE-2017-3511: Better library loading + - S8165626, CVE-2017-3512: Improved window framing + - S8167110, CVE-2017-3514: Windows peering issue + - S8169011, CVE-2017-3526: Resizing XML parse trees + - S8170222, CVE-2017-3533: Better transfers of files + - S8171121, CVE-2017-3539: Enhancing jar checking + - S8171533, CVE-2017-3544: Better email transfer + - S8172299: Improve class processing +* New features - PR3347: jstack.stp should support AArch64 +* Import of OpenJDK 7 u141 build 0 + - S4717864: setFont() does not update Fonts of Menus already on screen + - S6474807: (smartcardio) CardTerminal.connect() throws CardException instead of CardNotPresentException + - S6518907: cleanup IA64 specific code in Hotspot + - S6869327: Add new C2 flag to keep safepoints in counted loops. + - S7112912: Message "Error occurred during initialization of VM" on boxes with lots of RAM + - S7124213: [macosx] pack() does ignore size of a component; doesn't on the other platforms + - S7124219: [macosx] Unable to draw images to fullscreen + - S7124552: [macosx] NullPointerException in getBufferStrategy() + - S7148275: [macosx] setIconImages() not working correctly (distorted icon when minimized) + - S7154841: [macosx] Popups appear behind taskbar + - S7155957: closed/java/awt/MenuBar/MenuBarStress1/MenuBarStress1.java hangs on win 64 bit with jdk8 + - S7160627: [macosx] TextArea has wrong initial size + - S7167293: FtpURLConnection connection leak on FileNotFoundException + - S7168851: [macosx] Netbeans crashes in CImage.nativeCreateNSImageFromArray + - S7197203: sun/misc/URLClassPath/ClassnameCharTest.sh failed, compile error + - S8005255: [macosx] Cleanup warnings in sun.lwawt + - S8006088: Incompatible heap size flags accepted by VM + - S8007295: Reduce number of warnings in awt classes + - S8010722: assert: failed: heap size is too big for compressed oops + - S8011059: [macosx] Support automatic @2x images loading on Mac OS X + - S8014058: Regression tests for 8006088 + - S8014489: tests/gc/arguments/Test(Serial|CMS|Parallel|G1)HeapSizeFlags jtreg tests invoke wrong class + - S8016302: Change type of the number of GC workers to unsigned int (2) + - S8024662: gc/arguments/TestUseCompressedOopsErgo.java does not compile. + - S8024669: Native OOME when allocating after changes to maximum heap supporting Coops sizing on sparcv9 + - S8024926: [macosx] AquaIcon HiDPI support + - S8025974: l10n for policytool + - S8027025: [macosx] getLocationOnScreen returns 0 if parent invisible + - S8028212: Custom cursor HiDPI support + - S8028471: PPC64 (part 215): opto: Extend ImplicitNullCheck optimization. + - S8031573: [macosx] Checkmarks of JCheckBoxMenuItems aren't rendered in high resolution on Retina + - S8033534: [macosx] Get MultiResolution image from native system + - S8033786: White flashing when opening Dialogs and Menus using Nimbus with dark background + - S8035568: [macosx] Cursor management unification + - S8041734: JFrame in full screen mode leaves empty workspace after close + - S8059803: Update use of GetVersionEx to get correct Windows version in hs_err files + - S8066504: GetVersionEx in java.base/windows/native/libjava/java_props_md.c might not get correct Windows version 0 + - S8079595: Resizing dialog which is JWindow parent makes JVM crash + - S8080729: [macosx] java 7 and 8 JDialogs on multiscreen jump to parent frame on focus + - S8130769: The new menu can't be shown on the menubar after clicking the "Add" button. + - S8133357: 8u65 l10n resource file translation update + - S8146602: jdk/test/sun/misc/URLClassPath/ClassnameCharTest.java test fails with NullPointerException + - S8147842: IME Composition Window is displayed at incorrect location + - S8147910: Cache initial active_processor_count + - S8150490: Update OS detection code to recognize Windows Server 2016 + - S8161147: jvm crashes when -XX:+UseCountedLoopSafepoints is enabled + - S8161195: Regression: closed/javax/swing/text/FlowView/LayoutTest.java + - S8161993: G1 crashes if active_processor_count changes during startup + - S8162603: Unrecognized VM option 'UseCountedLoopSafepoints' + - S8162876: [TEST_BUG] sun/net/www/protocol/http/HttpInputStream.java fails intermittently + - S8164533: sun/security/ssl/SSLSocketImpl/CloseSocket.java failed with "Error while cleaning up threads after test" + - S8167179: Make XSL generated namespace prefixes local to transformation process + - S8169465: Deadlock in com.sun.jndi.ldap.pool.Connections + - S8169589: [macosx] Activating a JDialog puts to back another dialog + - S8170307: Stack size option -Xss is ignored + - S8170316: (tz) Support tzdata2016j + - S8170814: Reuse cache entries (part II) + - S8171388: Update JNDI Thread contexts + - S8171949: [macosx] AWT_ZoomFrame Automated tests fail with error: The bitwise mask Frame.ICONIFIED is not setwhen the frame is in ICONIFIED state + - S8171952: [macosx] AWT_Modality/Automated/ModalExclusion/NoExclusion/ModelessDialog test fails as DummyButton on Dialog did not gain focus when clicked. + - S8173931: 8u131 L10n resource file update + - S8174844: Incorrect GPL header causes RE script to miss swap to commercial header for licensee source bundle + - S8175087: [bsd] Fix build after "8024900: PPC64: Enable new build on AIX (jdk part)" + - S8175163: [bsd] Fix build after "8005629: javac warnings compiling java.awt.EventDispatchThread..." + - S8176044: (tz) Support tzdata2017a +* Import of OpenJDK 7 u141 build 1 + - S8043723: max_heap_for_compressed_oops() declared with size_t, but defined with uintx +* Import of OpenJDK 7 u141 build 2 + - S8011123: serialVersionUID of java.awt.dnd.InvalidDnDOperationException changed in JDK8-b82 * Backports + - S6515172, PR3362: Runtime.availableProcessors() ignores Linux taskset command - S8011621, PR3209: live_ranges_in_separate_class.patch - S8022284, PR3209: Hide internal data structure in PhaseCFG - S8023003, PR3209: Cleanup the public interface to PhaseCFG - S8023691, PR3209: Create interface for nodes in class Block - S8023988, PR3209: Move local scheduling of nodes to the CFG creation and code motion phase (PhaseCFG) - S8043780, PR3369: Use open(O_CLOEXEC) instead of fcntl(FD_CLOEXEC) - - S8076221, PR2809, RH1302385: Disable RC4 cipher suites - - S8078823, PR2809: javax/net/ssl/ciphersuites/DisabledAlgorithms.java fails intermittently - - S8148516, PR2809: Improve the default strength of EC in JDK [test/javax/net/ssl/ciphersuites/DisabledAlgorithms.java update] - S8157306, PR3209: Random infrequent null pointer exceptions in javac - S8173783, PR3329: IllegalArgumentException: jdk.tls.namedGroups - S8173941, PR3330: SA does not work if executable is DSO - S8174729, PR3361: Race Condition in java.lang.reflect.WeakCache * Bug fixes - - PR3162: Remove reference to AbstractPlainDatagramSocketImpl.c, removed in 8072466 - PR3349: Architectures unsupported by SystemTap tapsets throw a parse error - PR3370: Disable ARM32 JIT by default in jdk_generic_profile.sh + - PR3379: Perl should be mandatory + - PR3390: javac.in and javah.in should use @PERL@ rather than a hardcoded path * CACAO - PR2732: Raise javadoc memory limits for CACAO again! * AArch64 port