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The OpenJDK Quality Group promotes the testing of FOSS projects with OpenJDK early-access builds as a way to improve the overall quality of the release. This heads-up is part of a Quality Outreach update sent to the projects involved. To learn more about the program and how to join, please check the Quality Outreach wiki page.
Early access builds of JavaFX that implement the new macOS Metal graphics rendering pipeline are now available. These EA builds are provided as a convenience, so users don't have to build from the "metal" branch of the openjdk/jfx-sandbox repository. The goal of these early access builds is to gather feedback as the team works on incorporating this feature into JavaFX. Feedback can be reported to the openjfx-dev mailing list.