RELEASE NOTES FOR: 8u91
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Notes generated: Mon Apr 01 10:58:15 CEST 2024

Hint: Prefix bug IDs with https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/ to reach the relevant JIRA entry.

JAVA ENHANCEMENT PROPOSALS (JEP):

  None.

RELEASE NOTES:

security-libs/java.security:

    JDK-8145954: New certificates added to root CAs 

      Eight new root certificates have been added : 
      
      QuoVadis Root CA 1 G3  alias: quovadisrootca1g3  DN: CN=QuoVadis Root CA 1 G3, O=QuoVadis
      Limited, C=BM 
      
      QuoVadis Root CA 2 G3  alias: quovadisrootca2g3  DN: CN=QuoVadis Root CA 2 G3 
      
      QuoVadis Root CA 3 G3  alias: quovadisrootca3g3  DN: CN=QuoVadis Root CA 3 G3, O=QuoVadis
      Limited, C=BM 
      
      DigiCert Assured ID Root G2  alias: digicertassuredidg2  DN: CN=DigiCert Assured ID Root G2,
      OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US 
      
      DigiCert Assured ID Root G3  alias: digicertassuredidg3  DN: CN=DigiCert Assured ID Root G3,
      OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US 
      
      DigiCert Global Root G2  alias: digicertglobalrootg2  DN: CN=DigiCert Global Root G2,
      OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US 
      
      DigiCert Global Root G3  alias: digicertglobalrootg3  DN: CN=DigiCert Global Root G3,
      OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US 
      
      DigiCert Trusted Root G4  alias: digicerttrustedrootg4  DN: CN=DigiCert Trusted Root G4,
      OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

core-libs/java.util:i18n:

    JDK-8148446: IANA Data 2016a

      JDK <version> contains IANA time zone data version 2016a. For more information, refer to
      [Timezone Data Versions in the JRE
      Software](http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/tzdata-versions-138805.html).


ALL FIXED ISSUES, BY COMPONENT AND PRIORITY:

client-libs/2d:
  (P4) JDK-8145078:  [Parfait] JNI exception pending in fontpath.c:1300 

core-libs/java.util:i18n:
  (P3) JDK-8148446: (tz) Support tzdata2016a

core-svc/debugger:
  (P2) JDK-8044419: [TEST_BUG]: com/sun/jdi/JdbReadTwiceTest.sh fails when run under root
  (P4) JDK-8074146: [TEST_BUG] jdb has succeded to read an unreadable file
  (P4) JDK-8036132: [TEST_BUG] Tab characters in test/com/sun/jdi files

deploy/plugin:
  (P2) JDK-8148788: FF42 liveconnect problem

hotspot/compiler:
  (P3) JDK-8073735: [TEST_BUG] compiler/loopopts/CountedLoopProblem.java got OOME

hotspot/gc:
  (P3) JDK-8059661: [TEST_BUG] Test SoftReference and OOM behavior

hotspot/runtime:
  (P3) JDK-8134161: JVM is creating too many GC helper threads on T7/M7 linux/sparc platform

install/auto_update:
  (P2) JDK-8146391: Updating Java in MAC OS X 10.11 fails with color picker pop with the final dialog

javafx/build:
  (P2) JDK-8146045: Update copyright header for files modified in 2015
  (P3) JDK-8147967: Cleanup whitespace and file permission
  (P4) JDK-8147951: Add a whitespace checking utility
  (P4) JDK-8147975: correct whitespace detection tool
  (P4) JDK-8148065: correct whitespace detection tool (again)

security-libs/java.security:
  (P2) JDK-8145954: Add new DigiCert roots
  (P2) JDK-8145955: Add new QuoVadis roots
  (P4) JDK-8146967: [TEST_BUG] javax/security/auth/SubjectDomainCombiner/Optimize.java should use 4-args ProtectionDomain constructor