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Thu Aug 20 2026 EL Errata <el-errata_ww@oracle.com> - 1.8.0.504.b01-1.2.0.1
- Add Oracle vendor bug URL [Orabug: 34340155]
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Wed Aug 12 2026 Andrew Hughes <gnu.andrew@redhat.com> - 1:1.8.0.504.b01-1.2
- Add CVEs for August 2026 release
- Bump release for PQC build
- ** This tarball is embargoed until 2026-08-18 @ 1pm PT. **
- Related: RHEL-235603
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Mon Aug 10 2026 Andrew Hughes <gnu.andrew@redhat.com> - 1:1.8.0.504.b01-1.1
- Update to 8u504-b01 (GA).
- Update release notes for 8u504-b01.
- Bump FreeType version to 2.14.3 following JDK-8385390
- Sync the copy of the portable specfile with the latest update
- ** This tarball is embargoed until 2026-08-18 @ 1pm PT. **
- Resolves: RHEL-235603
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Mon Jul 27 2026 Andrew Hughes <gnu.andrew@redhat.com> - 1:1.8.0.502.b07-2.1
- Add CVEs to NEWS file
- Related: RHEL-188852
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Sat Jul 18 2026 Andrew Hughes <gnu.andrew@redhat.com> - 1:1.8.0.502.b07-1.2
- Bump release for PQC build
- Related: RHEL-212095
- Related: RHEL-188852
- Related: RHEL-149784
- Related: RHEL-212316
- Related: RHEL-212318
- Related: RHEL-212329
- Related: RHEL-212330
- Related: RHEL-212327
- Related: RHEL-212328
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Fri Jul 17 2026 Andrew Hughes <gnu.andrew@redhat.com> - 1:1.8.0.502.b07-1.1
- Update to 8u502-b07 (GA).
- Update release notes for 8u502-b07.
- Bump lcms2 version to 2.19.1 following JDK-8321489, JDK-8348110, JDK-8375065 & JDK-8383354
- Bump zlib version to 1.3.2 following JDK-8378631
- Require tzdata 2026b due to upstream inclusion of JDK-8383175
- Add attempted patch for JDK-8385876 to fix -Wnonnull build failure with s390x Zero on CentOS 9
- Remove macro references in comments where possible (- Move version information and core NVR definitions back towards the top of the file
- Explictly define supported architectures
- Specify portablerelease and rpmrelease (always 0 for portables) in the Release field
- Make zone string debug output optional in TestTranslations
- Change javadoc-zip to just own the top-level directory, not include the entire subtree
- Update tagged versions to include 9.8.0-z & 9.9.0.
- Cleanup tagging and gating scripts to appease shellcheck:
- * scripts/builds/build_vanilla.sh: Use an array to handle the varying arguments to rhpkg.
- * scripts/builds/check_signatures.sh: Quote variable usage.
- * scripts/builds/waive_issue.sh: Remove redundant 'test "x"' usage.
- * scripts/builds/waive_leapp_issue.sh: Likewise.
- * scripts/builds/waive_rpminspect.sh: Likewise.
- * scripts/builds/waive_usual_rpminspect.sh: Likewise and add missing WORKING_DIR variable.
- * scripts/builds/waive_usual_tier0.sh: Remove redundant 'test "x"' usage.
- Obsolete old RHEL releases (8.2.0-z, 9.0.0-z, 9.7.0-z)
- Sync the copy of the portable specfile with the latest update
- Sync portable naming with later JDKs, due to adoption of <compatiblename> by portable
- Drop <pversion> which is a redundant alias for version now
- ** This tarball is embargoed until 2026-07-21 @ 1pm PT. **
- Resolves: RHEL-212095
- Resolves: RHEL-188852
- Resolves: RHEL-149784
- Resolves: RHEL-212316
- Resolves: RHEL-212318
- Related: RHEL-212327
- Resolves: RHEL-212329
- Resolves: RHEL-212330
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Fri Jul 17 2026 Thomas Fitzsimmons <fitzsim@redhat.com> - 1:1.8.0.502.b07-1.1
- Make headless own /usr/share/doc/java-1.8.0-openjdk
- Make javadoc-zip own /usr/share/javadoc/java-1.8.0-openjdk
- Do not overwrite slowdebug __provides_exclude_from and __requires_exclude_from regexps
- Resolves: RHEL-212327
- Resolves: RHEL-212328
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Mon Apr 20 2026 Andrew Hughes <gnu.andrew@redhat.com> - 1:1.8.0.492.b09-2
- Bump release for PQC build
- Related: RHEL-169446
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Fri Apr 17 2026 Andrew Hughes <gnu.andrew@redhat.com> - 1:1.8.0.492.b09-1
- Update to 8u492-b09 (GA)
- Update release notes for 8u492-b09.
- Add missing CVEs for 8u482.
- Regenerate JDK-8199936/PR3533 patch following JDK-8374917
- Regenerate JDK-8186464/RH1433262 patch following JDK-8370986
- Drop local giflib 5.2.2 patch now JDK-8328999 is included upstream
- Bump freetype version to 2.14.2 following JDK-8373290 & JDK-8379158
- Bump giflib version to 6.1.2 following JDK-8379256 & JDK-8380078
- Bump LCMS 2 version to 2.15.0 following JDK-8303482
- Bump libpng version to 1.6.57 following JDK-8375063, JDK-8377526, JDK-8380959 & JDK-8382047
- Sync the copy of the portable specfile with the latest update
- ** This tarball is embargoed until 2026-04-21 @ 1pm PT. **
- Resolves: RHEL-169446
- Resolves: RHEL-133291
- Resolves: RHEL-147348
- Resolves: RHEL-148407
- Resolves: RHEL-148981
- Resolves: RHEL-161303
- Resolves: RHEL-161452
- Resolves: RHEL-157139
- Resolves: RHEL-157156
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Fri Feb 20 2026 Andrew Hughes <gnu.andrew@redhat.com> - 1:1.8.0.482.b08-3
- Update tagging scripts to include signature checks and correctly handle gating
- Add gating scripts to simplify obtaining results and waiving issues
- Resolves: RHEL-147634
- Resolves: RHEL-151197