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There were no formal beta or early-access releases. Major features and other potentially-destabilizing changes were targeted for integration early in a specific milestone.</p> <p>Here is the milestone schedule, with the <a href="features">features</a> integrated in each cycle:</p> <blockquote> <table class="milestones" summary="milestones"> <tr class="milestone" id="M1"> <td>M1</td> <td>2012/04/26</td> <td>(b36)</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" class="feature"><a href="http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/117">117 Remove the Annotation-Processing Tool (apt)</a></td> </tr> <tr class="milestone" id="M2"> <td>M2</td> <td>2012/06/14</td> <td>(b43)</td> </tr> <tr class="milestone" id="M3"> <td>M3</td> <td>2012/08/02</td> <td>(b50)</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" class="feature"><a href="http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/124">124 Enhance the Certificate Revocation-Checking API</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" class="feature"><a href="http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/130">130 SHA-224 Message Digests</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" class="feature"><a href="http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/131">131 PKCS#11 Crypto Provider for 64-bit Windows</a></td> </tr> <tr class="milestone" id="M4"> <td>M4</td> <td>2012/09/13</td> <td>(b56)</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" class="feature"><a href="http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/112">112 Charset Implementation Improvements</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" class="feature"><a href="http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/129">129 NSA Suite B Cryptographic Algorithms</a></td> </tr> <tr class="milestone" id="M5"> <td>M5</td> <td>2012/11/29</td> <td>(b66)</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" class="feature"><a href="http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/105">105 DocTree API</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" class="feature"><a href="http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/106">106 Add Javadoc to javax.tools</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" class="feature"><a href="http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/113">113 MS-SFU Kerberos 5 Extensions</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" class="feature"><a href="http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/114">114 TLS Server Name Indication (SNI) Extension</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" class="feature"><a href="http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/121">121 Stronger Algorithms for Password-Based Encryption</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" class="feature"><a href="http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/122">122 Remove the Permanent Generation</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" class="feature"><a href="http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/127">127 Improve Locale Data Packaging and Adopt Unicode CLDR Data</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" class="feature"><a href="http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/128">128 BCP 47 Locale Matching</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" class="feature"><a href="http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/133">133 Unicode 6.2</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" class="feature"><a href="http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/136">136 Enhanced Verification Errors</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" class="feature"><a href="http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/153">153 Launch JavaFX Applications</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" class="feature"><a href="http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/177">177 Optimize java.text.DecimalFormat.format</a></td> </tr> <tr class="milestone" id="M6"> <td>M6</td> <td>2013/01/31</td> <td>(b75)</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" class="feature"><a href="http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/103">103 Parallel Array Sorting</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" class="feature"><a href="http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/135">135 Base64 Encoding & Decoding</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" class="feature"><a href="http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/138">138 Autoconf-Based Build System</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" class="feature"><a href="http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/139">139 Enhance javac to Improve Build Speed</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" class="feature"><a href="http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/142">142 Reduce Cache Contention on Specified Fields</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" class="feature"><a href="http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/147">147 Reduce Class Metadata Footprint</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" class="feature"><a href="http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/148">148 Small VM</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" class="feature"><a href="http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/149">149 Reduce Core-Library Memory Usage</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" class="feature"><a href="http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/150">150 Date & Time API</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" class="feature"><a href="http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/160">160 Lambda-Form Representation for Method Handles</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" class="feature"><a href="http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/164">164 Leverage CPU Instructions for AES Cryptography</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" class="feature"><a href="http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/166">166 Overhaul JKS-JCEKS-PKCS12 Keystores</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" class="feature"><a href="http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/170">170 JDBC 4.2</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" class="feature"><a href="http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/172">172 DocLint</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" class="feature"><a href="http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/173">173 Retire Some Rarely-Used GC Combinations</a></td> </tr> <tr class="milestone" id="M7"> <td>M7</td> <td>2013/06/13</td> <td>(b94)</td> <td class="comment"><a href="#Feature_Complete">Feature Complete</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" class="feature"><a href="http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/101">101 Generalized Target-Type Inference</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" class="feature"><a href="http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/104">104 Annotations on Java Types</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" class="feature"><a href="http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/107">107 Bulk Data Operations for Collections</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" class="feature"><a href="http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/109">109 Enhance Core Libraries with Lambda</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" class="feature"><a href="http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/115">115 AEAD CipherSuites</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" class="feature"><a href="http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/118">118 Access to Parameter Names at Runtime</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" class="feature"><a href="http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/119">119 javax.lang.model Implementation Backed by Core Reflection</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" class="feature"><a href="http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/120">120 Repeating Annotations</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" class="feature"><a href="http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/123">123 Configurable Secure Random-Number Generation</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" class="feature"><a href="http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/126">126 Lambda Expressions & Virtual Extension Methods</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" class="feature"><a href="http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/140">140 Limited doPrivileged</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" class="feature"><a href="http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/155">155 Concurrency Updates</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" class="feature"><a href="http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/161">161 Compact Profiles</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" class="feature"><a href="http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/162">162 Prepare for Modularization</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" class="feature"><a href="http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/171">171 Fence Intrinsics</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" class="feature"><a href="http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/174">174 Nashorn JavaScript Engine</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" class="feature"><a href="http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/176">176 Mechanical Checking of Caller-Sensitive Methods</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" class="feature"><a href="http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/178">178 Statically-Linked JNI Libraries</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" class="feature"><a href="http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/179">179 Document JDK API Support and Stability</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" class="feature"><a href="http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/180">180 Handle Frequent HashMap Collisions with Balanced Trees</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" class="feature"><a href="http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/184">184 HTTP URL Permissions</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" class="feature"><a href="http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/185">185 Restrict Fetching of External XML Resources</a></td> </tr> <tr class="milestone"> <td></td> <td>2013/07/18</td> <td></td> <td class="comment"><a href="#Rampdown_start">Rampdown start</a></td> </tr> <tr class="milestone" id="M8"> <td>M8</td> <td>2013/09/05</td> <td>(b106)</td> <td class="comment"><a href="#Developer_Preview">Developer Preview</a></td> </tr> <tr class="milestone"> <td></td> <td>2013/09/12</td> <td></td> <td class="comment"><a href="#All_Tests_Run">All Tests Run</a></td> </tr> <tr class="milestone"> <td></td> <td>2013/10/10</td> <td></td> <td class="comment"><a href="#API_Interface_Freeze">API/Interface Freeze</a></td> </tr> <tr class="milestone"> <td></td> <td>2013/10/24</td> <td></td> <td class="comment"><a href="#Zero_Bug_Bounce">Zero Bug Bounce</a></td> </tr> <tr class="milestone"> <td></td> <td>2013/11/21</td> <td></td> <td class="comment"><a href="#Rampdown_phase_2">Rampdown phase 2</a></td> </tr> <tr class="milestone" id="M9"> <td>M9</td> <td>2014/01/23</td> <td></td> <td class="comment"><a href="#Final_Release_Candidate">Final Release Candidate</a></td> </tr> <tr class="milestone" id="GA"> <td>GA</td> <td>2014/03/18</td> <td></td> <td class="comment"><a href="#General_Availability">General Availability</a></td> </tr> </table> </blockquote> <h2 id="definitions">Milestone definitions</h2> <p>The early development milestones (M1–M6) were date-driven; they came and went regardless of the state of the release. Most later milestones are condition-driven; we intended to reach the goal of the milestone by the given date, but if we didn't then we declared the milestone at a later date and adjusted any following milestones as necessary. Here are definitions of the later milestones, in the order in which they occur:</p> <ul> <li id="Feature_Complete"> <p><i>Feature Complete</i> — All features have been implemented and integrated into the master forest, together with unit tests.</p> </li> <li> <p id="Developer_Preview"><i>Developer Preview</i> — A reasonably stable build suitable for broad testing by the developer community is published. This build will include all planned features unless otherwise stated.</p> </li> <li> <p id="All_Tests_Run"><i>All Tests Run</i> — All planned tests have been run, at least once, on all supported platforms.</p> </li> <li id="Rampdown_phase_2"> <p id="Rampdown_start"><i>Rampdown</i> — Phases in which increasing levels of scrutiny are applied to incoming changes. In phase 1, only P1-P3 bugs can be fixed. In phase 2 only showstopper bugs can be fixed.</p> </li> <li> <p id="API_Interface_Freeze"><i>API/Interface Freeze</i> — After this point APIs and other interfaces, including those defined in component JSRs, can be changed only in order to fix showstopper bugs.</p> </li> <li> <p id="Zero_Bug_Bounce"><i>Zero Bug Bounce (ZBB)</i> — The bug backlog is completely addressed. No open bug with a fix targeted to the release is older than 24 hours, and other bugs have been deferred to a future release.</p> </li> <li> <p id="Final_Release_Candidate"><i>Final Release Candidate</i> — The date by which the final release candidate must be declared and submitted for testing. One or more release candidates will be declared after the planned ZBB date; if another is necessary after this milestone then the GA date will be at risk.</p> </li> <li> <p id="General_Availability"><i>General Availability</i> — Final release, ready for production use.</p> </li> </ul> <div class="last-update">Last update: 2014/3/18 16:40 -0700</div> <div class="jdknav">« <a href=".">home</a> · <a href="./features">features</a> · milestones · <a href="./builds">builds</a> »</div> </div><div id="sidebar"><div id="openjdk-sidebar-logo"><a href="/"><img alt="OpenJDK logo" src="../../images/openjdk-small.png" /></a></div><div class="links"><div class="link"><a href="/install/">Installing</a></div><div class="link"><a href="/guide/#contributing-to-an-openjdk-project">Contributing</a></div><div class="link"><a href="/guide/#reviewing-and-sponsoring-a-change">Sponsoring</a></div><div class="link"><a href="/guide/">Developers' Guide</a></div><div class="link"><a 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