Re: [FD] Java 8u40 released: why?

[paul.szabo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]

>> I notice that Java (JDK, JRE) update 8u40 has been released.
>> Though
>>   http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html
>> says "this release includes important security fixes" ...
>
> My reading of the first WWW page is that only Java SE 7 u75/76 contains
> security fixes and that there are no security fixes in Java SE 8 u40.

Yes, they changed the wording since I wrote that! Noting that 7u75/76
are not new now, but were released in January.

Seems that 8u40 is simply a useability release; previous must have been
very bad, unusual that Oracle would release out-of-band.

Thanks, Paul

Paul Szabo   psz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx   http://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/u/psz/
School of Mathematics and Statistics   University of Sydney    Australia

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