RELEASE NOTES FOR: 8u25
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Notes generated: Mon Apr 01 03:06:07 CEST 2024

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JAVA ENHANCEMENT PROPOSALS (JEP):

  None.

RELEASE NOTES:

  None.

ALL FIXED ISSUES, BY COMPONENT AND PRIORITY:

client-libs/java.awt:
  (P1) JDK-8051588: [headless] DataTransferer.getInstance throws ClassCastException in headless mode

client-libs/javax.swing:
  (P2) JDK-8057770: api/javax_swing/JScrollPane/indexTGF.html#UpdateUI failed with MotifLookAndFeel on all platform
  (P2) JDK-8057184: JCK8's api/javax_swing/JDesktopPane/descriptions.html#getset failed with GTKLookAndFeel on Linux and Solaris run
  (P3) JDK-8042465: Applet menus not rendering when browser is full screen on Mac

core-libs/java.io:
  (P4) JDK-8048383: Check jdk/src/windows/native/java/io/io_util_md.c for JNI pending exceptions
  (P4) JDK-8048446: Check jdk/src/windows/native/java/io/WinNTFileSystem_md.c for JNI pending exceptions

core-libs/java.lang:
  (P4) JDK-8048448: Check  jdk/src/windows/native/java/lang/ProcessImpl_md.c for JNI pending exceptions
  (P4) JDK-8048444: Check jdk/src/windows/native/java/lang/ProcessEnvironment_md.c for JNI pending exceptions

core-libs/java.net:
  (P4) JDK-8048380: JNI exception pending in jdk/src/windows/native/java/net/DualStackPlainDatagramSocketImpl.c
  (P4) JDK-8048385: JNI exception pending in jdk/src/windows/native/sun/net/dns/ResolverConfigurationImpl.c
  (P4) JDK-8048447: JNI exception pending in src/jdk/src/windows/native/sun/net/www/protocol/http/ntlm/NTLMAuthSequence.c

core-libs/java.nio:
  (P4) JDK-8048384: Check src/windows/native/sun/nio/fs/WindowsNativeDispatcher.c for JNI pending exceptions

core-libs/java.util:
  (P4) JDK-8048445: (prefs) Check jdk/src/windows/native/java/util/WindowsPreference.c for JNI pending exceptions
  (P4) JDK-8045624: (prefs) Check src/solaris/native/java/util/FileSystemPreferences.c for JNI pending exceptions

core-libs/java.util:collections:
  (P2) JDK-8048207: CheckedQueue.offer calls wrong method on wrapped queue

core-libs/javax.naming:
  (P3) JDK-8041451: com.sun.jndi.ldap.Connection:ReadTimeout should abandon ldap request

deploy:
  (P3) JDK-8054904: Webstart cache path error for Java >= 7u65 

deploy/plugin:
  (P1) JDK-8046814: Browser throws ClassNotFoundException when javaws.args present in deployment.properties on Windows
  (P2) JDK-8051999: regression - java_arguments not accepted after Update to 7u65
  (P2) JDK-8051358: Step 6:There are java.io.FileNotFoundException and ava.lang.ClassNotFoundException thrown in java console after clicking "Continue" Button,and there is no security dialog with "Run" Button .

deploy/webstart:
  (P3) JDK-8061643: JavaWS fails with proxy autoconfig due to missing "resolve" permission
  (P3) JDK-8051891: SWT cannot load native look&feel

hotspot/compiler:
  (P2) JDK-8039050: Crash in C2 compiler at Node::rematerialize

hotspot/runtime:
  (P3) JDK-8043086: Hotspot is expected to report OOM which is occurred String.intern(), but  crashes in JDK8u5
  (P3) JDK-8055849: VerifyError on backward branch

infrastructure:
  (P4) JDK-8044749: Resolve autoconf and other merge issue from 8u20 to 8u25

infrastructure/build:
  (P4) JDK-8055717:  Increment hsx 25.25 build to b02 for 8u25-b11
  (P4) JDK-8044604: Increment minor version of HSx25 for 8u25 and initialize the build number
  (P4) JDK-8039891: Remove ppcsflt builds from JPRT

install/install:
  (P2) JDK-8051639: require patching and bsdiff for all install builds

javafx/controls:
  (P3) JDK-8096949: [LineChart] Calling setForceZeroInRange doesn't update LineChart

security-libs/javax.smartcardio:
  (P3) JDK-8039319: (smartcardio) Card.transmitControlCommand() does not work on Mac OS X

tools:
  (P4) JDK-6545422: TEST BUG: NativeErrors.java uses wrong path name in exec

xml/jaxb:
  (P3) JDK-8040335: With active Securitymanager JAXBContext.newInstance fails