8129329: sun/security/ssl/SSLContextImpl/MD2InTrustAnchor.java failed intermittently Reviewed-by: xuelei

8154853: java/util/TimeZone/OldIDMappingTest.sh fails after JDK-8154231 Reviewed-by: chegar

8154231: Simplify access to System properties from JDK code Reviewed-by: rriggs, chegar, weijun

8152936: java/lang/Class/GetPackageTest.java needs update to work with newer testng Reviewed-by: alanb

8154183: (spec) Spec of read(byte[],int,int) and readFully(byte[],int,int) is confusing/incomplete Summary: Clarify and expand specification of ObjectInputStream.read(byte[],int,int) and both variants of {DataInput,DataInputStream,ObjectInputStream,RandomAccessfile}.readFully(). Reviewed-by: rriggs, smarks

8071125: Improve exception messages in URLPermission Reviewed-by: chegar, prappo

8154707: java/util/ServiceLoader/modules/BasicTest.java failing Reviewed-by: chegar

8154543: NetworkInterfaceStreamTest.java fails intermittently after JDK-8146758 Reviewed-by: chegar Contributed-by: Felix Yang <felix.yang@oracle.com>

8137231: sun/security/rsa/SpecTest.java timeout with Agent error: java.lang.Exception Reviewed-by: valeriep

Merge

8152335: Improve MethodHandle consistency Reviewed-by: acorn, ahgross, jrose Contributed-by: vladimir.x.ivanov@oracle.com, michael.haupt@oracle.com

8144430: Improve JMX connections Reviewed-by: dfuchs, jbachorik, skoivu, ahgross

8129952: Ensure thread consistency Reviewed-by: alanb, ahgross, skoivu

8146494: Better ligature substitution Reviewed-by: vadim, mschoene

8146498: Better device table adjustments Reviewed-by: vadim, mschoene