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Oracle Nominates SouJava to Replace Apache on the JCP EC
Oracle has announced plans to nominate one of the world's largest Java user groups, SouJava, to the JCP Executive Committee
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The State of JRuby: 1.6 RC1, JSR 292 and NIO2 in Java 7, 1.9.2 Support
The first RC for JRuby 1.6 is out and brings improved Ruby 1.9.2 compatibility, experimental C extensions support, improved Windows support, Ruby Gems Maven support, performance and profiling improvements and more. InfoQ talked to JRuby's Charles Nutter about JRuby 1.6, the impact of Java 7 on JRuby, new language features in Ruby and much more.
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InvokeDynamic Updates in OpenJDK
The OpenJDK builds recently started to include an updated version of the JSR 292 API, which, whilst not yet final, gives a good indication as to how the JSR is shaping up.
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Apache Software Foundation Resigns from JCP
The Apache Software Foundation announced their resignation from both the JCP Executive Committee as well as the JCP as a whole. They follow recent departures such as Doug Lea in October, who said “I believe that the JCP is no longer a credible specification and standards body”, as well as more recently Tim Peierls, who voted against the Java SE JSRs.
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JSRs for Java 7 and Java 8 Approved
The results of the recent Java JSRs are in, and all have passed with all but Apache voting consistently against them. Google and Tim Peierls voted against the Java SE 7 and Java SE 8 JSRs, supporting the ongoing licensing issues and field-of-use restrictions for the TCK.
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Oracle Announces JSRs for Java 7 and Java 8
Oracle has announced the umbrella JSRs for Java 7/8, covering a number of the features known from the earlier Plan B. This includes Project Coin for Java 7 and Project Lambda for Java 8, as well as specific reference to OSGi for the Java 8 modularity JSR. But it also includes fields of use restrictions for the JSR TCK. Read on to find out what's included.
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Apache Threatens to Leave JCP
In an unprecedented move, the Apache Software Foundation has announced its intention to terminate its relationship with the JCP if the rights as implementers of Java specifications are not upheld. If that's the case, they argue, then the JCP specifications are nothing more than proprietary documentation. What does this mean for the future of Java and the JCP?
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JCP Election Results for the New Executive Committee Members Announced: Hologic not Ratified
The results have been announced from the unusually controversial JCP Executive Committee election, with Hologic failing to be ratified. The JCP Project Management Office will now need to choose a new candidate to replace concurrency expert Doug Lea.
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IBM Joins OpenJDK
Oracle and IBM have today jointly announced that IBM will collaborate in the OpenJDK community to develop the Java platform, starting with the recently revised JDK 7.
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JSRs: What Lies Beneath
Following on from the confirmation of Plan B, with the delay to a number of JSRs and eviction of both the Lambda project as well as collection literals from Project Coin, it's interesting to take a step back and see how a change makes it into the Java environment. It's not as simple as you think.
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Oracle Confirms Plan B for the JDK
Plan B was announced at JavaOne, which confirms that lambdas, modularity and the Swing application framework will not be part of JDK7; nor are any promises made about availability in JDK8.
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JDK7 Feature Slip
In a post entitled Re-thinking JDK7, Mark Reinhold put forward a suggestion that certain previously planned elements of JDK7 be suspended until JDK8 in order to get the release out of the door sooner rather than later. What does the community think of this suggestion? Read on to find out.
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Arquillian, Shrinkwrap and Seam 3: Q&A with Pete Muir, Principal Engineer at Red Hat
InfoQ talks to Pete Muir about JBoss' Integration testing tool Arquillian, archive assembly of JARs, WARs, and EARs with ShrinkWrap, and plans for Seam 3.
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Adobe Acquires Java ECM Vendor Day Software
Last week Adobe Systems announced it was purchasing Day Software for $240 million. The deal combines Day’s JSR-170/238 based content management and digital asset management products with Adobe’s Flex, Flash and AIR in a move to corner the web content market. In addition to being a lead company for the JSR-170/238 specifications, Day also contributes to Apache Jackrabbit and Sling.
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NetBeans 6.9 Release Supports JavaFX, Java EE6 and OSGi
Oracle has released version 6.9 of its popular open-source Java IDE, NetBeans. This is the first release under its stewardship since it accquired Sun Microsystems.