Java News Roundup: JDK 25 in Rampdown, JDK 26 Expert Group, Hibernate Search, Project Crema

This week's Java roundup for June 2nd, 2025 features news highlighting: JDK 25 in Rampdown Phase One; the formation of the JDK 26 Expert Group; the release of Hibernate Search 8.0.0.Final; the fourth milestone release of Grails 7.0.0; the beta release of Open Liberty 25.0.0.6; point releases for Eclipse JNoSQL, Helidon and JBang; and a sneak peek into a new Oracle Labs project, Project Crema. By Michael Redlich