The February release is delayed a few days until we clarify a certificate problem with OpenStreetMap Foundation.
What could help us: if you are a StartSSL customer (or know one), please ask them when they intend to be included in Java list of Root Certificate Authorities.
The goal is to be able to keep HTTPS access to the OSM API and website, for old and new versions of JOSM.
Discussion
Comment from pnorman on 25 February 2015 at 11:54
It would also help if you were a user of Oracle’s list of Root Certificate Authorities if you ask them when they intend to join and use the CA/Browser forum - the industry association for CAs and users, or use the Mozilla ca-certificates component, used by multiple vendors.
Comment from robert on 26 February 2015 at 20:40
Yeah, well, we’re considering moving away from StartSSL for our next certificate.