At the time, Oracle broke out of its scheduled 4-month Java patching cycle in order to patch a vulnerability that was being actively exploited by hackers. Four of the five vulnerabilities ...

We should seek input from the broad Java community before making a decision that will affect everyone. From my point of view as an engineer, moving to a two-year LTS cycle is broadly positive.

Any feature that runs behind schedule simply gets pushed to the next release. Given the general apprehensive feelings about the more ambitious Java release cycle, it's understandable why the stewards ...

A typical Java development team uses a range of software life-cycle tools for source control (stores the latest version of the code and manages changes), builds (compiles and tests code and ...

In a sudden about-face, Sun has rushed out a Java update to fix a drive-by download ... the issue serious enough to warrant an out-of-cycle patch and less than a day after researchers spotted ...

At the time, Oracle broke out of its scheduled four-month Java patching cycle in order to patch a vulnerability that was being actively exploited by hackers. [ Also on InfoWorld: Java retakes the ...