Notice of java jre changes

[Loial]

When Oracle update java JRE do they give advance notice of the changes?

Often our applications will not work with latest Java JRE update...can we know in advance what the changes are?

[Lew]

Post by Loial
When Oracle update java JRE do they give advance notice of the changes?
Often our applications will not work with latest Java JRE update...can we know in advance what the changes are?

For minor changes, you get no notice, usually, except deep in the bug reports.

For major changes, e.g., from Java 4 to 5, or 6 to 7, or 7 to 8, you get years of advance notice.

For minor changes, the update does not break your code.

For major changes, you have no excuse not to be prepared. Also, since the obsolete Java 5, major changes have been backward-compatible and should not have broken your code.

So I do not believe that it was the Java updates that caused your applications to "not work".

[Roedy Green]

Post by Loial
When Oracle update java JRE do they give advance notice of the changes?
Often our applications will not work with latest Java JRE update...can we know in advance what the changes are?

Not that I know of. I check to see if they have changed each day
using Vercheck. see http://mindprod.com/jgloss/utilities.html

You can configure them not to autoupdate. Then you can try them out
in a test machine first.

[Real]

Post by Loial
When Oracle update java JRE do they give advance notice of the changes?

One source of information is https://blogs.oracle.com/java-platform-group/

Right now, the security handling for the Java plugin is really a mess.

Recently each new release introduces new security popups and to get rid of
them you need to alter your codebase or packaging. If your are in corporate
environment, it's really bad.