[Fwd: JavaFX and JDK for ARM]

Thu Jan 29 22:00:01 UTC 2015

HI Chris,

I have a test project to try out openjfx on cloudbees running i'll send you
the link directly.

I'll also add your account to the CB list - wait for email to arrive.

Let's work on this together and get it off the ground, it has been waiting
for sometime now.

Cheers,
Mani

On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 10:48 AM, Martijn Verburg <martijnverburg at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Chris,
>
> The Cloudbees instance isn't an official piece of OpenJDK infrastructure
> (we'll be discussing it's future at FOSDEM), so you don't have to be a
> group member.  Ping me your Cloudbees username and I'll get you added.
>
> Mani also mentioned he'd be able to give you a hand as our resident
> Cloudbees expert!
>
> Cheers,
> Martijn
>
> On 29 January 2015 at 09:42, Chris Newland <cnewland at chrisnewland.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi Martijn,
> >
> > I don't believe so. I'm not a "Group Member" of AdoptOpenJDK yet under
> the
> > OpenJDK bylaws so I imagine only the initial members were added to the
> > Cloudbees.
> >
> > Happy to manage an OpenJFX/ARM build instance if you want to grant me
> > permissions.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > On Thu, January 29, 2015 09:02, Martijn Verburg wrote:
> > > Chris - have you got admin rights on the Cloudbees instance?
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thursday, 29 January 2015, Martijn Verburg <
> martijnverburg at gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >> Don't see why not had great fun last night with Java 8 and Tinkerforge
> > >> -
> > >> could see a future for Java and IOT first hand and it was great!
> Except
> > >>  for the boiler plate exception handling, but I digress :-)
> > >>
> > >> On Thursday, 29 January 2015, Chris Newland <
> cnewland at chrisnewland.com
> > >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','cnewland at chrisnewland.com');>> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>> Hi all,
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> Oracle have sadly had to scale back efforts on JavaFX for ARM but it
> > >>> looks like they are leaving it in a good state to be picked up and
> > >>> carried on by the IoT and OpenJFX communities.
> > >>>
> > >>> As a bit of a JavaFX fan and general IoT tinkerer I'll be
> > >>> volunteering to help out with this and it seems like a great
> > >>> opportunity for the Adopt group to attract IoT people towards
> OpenJDK.
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> Would Adopt be willing to assist in this effort? I'm thinking mostly
> > >>> just OpenJDK+OpenJFX build assistance (wikis etc.) and use of the
> > >>> CloudBees CI
> > >>> farm.
> > >>>
> > >>> Cheers,
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> Chris
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> ---------------------------- Original Message
> > >>> ----------------------------
> > >>> Subject: JavaFX and JDK for ARM
> > >>> From:    "Kevin Rushforth" <kevin.rushforth at oracle.com>
> > >>> Date:    Wed, January 28, 2015 22:00
> > >>> To:      "openjfx-dev at openjdk.java.net" <
> openjfx-dev at openjdk.java.net>
> > >>>  "David Hill" <David.Hill at oracle.com>
> > >>>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > >>> ----
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> Many of you have been asking about the status of JavaFX in Linux/ARM
> > >>> embedded platforms. Starting with 8u33, JavaFX has been removed from
> > >>> both Oracle JDK for ARM and Oracle Java SE Embedded. [1]
> > >>>
> > >>> This is a resource trade off within Oracle. Included in that
> > >>> difficult trade off decision was the ongoing investment needed to
> > >>> properly support FX in a world where so much the hardware is not
> > >>> standardized -- it really is difficult to have enough hardware and
> > >>> testing resources committed to support FX on ARM. It is important to
> > >>> understand that when we say support, we are not talking about just
> > >>> "running" on a device like
> > >>> the Raspberry PI -- but providing support for paying customers that
> > >>> are almost certainly going to be using hardware that is customized
> for
> > >>> their embedded product.
> > >>>
> > >>> This does not mean that FX is going away on other platforms, and
> > >>> hopefully does not mean we will be disappearing from ARM completely.
> > >>>
> > >>> The core JavaFX team will continue working on the ARM port as
> > >>> resources permit, hopefully with involvement of members of the
> OpenJFX
> > >>> community. We have continued to demonstrate this commitment with the
> > >>> moving all of the JavaFX sources to OpenJFX, and maintaining an up to
> > >>> date OpenJFX Wiki which includes detailed articles on building for
> > >>> ARM.
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> We will continue to do what we can to make it easier to build and
> > >>> overlay OpenJFX on top of the ARM JDKs.
> > >>>
> > >>> We hope to arrange for a external build of OpenJFX for ARM so that
> > >>> more people will be able to easily obtain a current build.
> > >>>
> > >>> Most of the FX source code is shared across all ports, and we will
> > >>> continue to do regular internal builds of linux-armv6hf to ensure
> that
> > >>>  it runs. We will continue to maintain the Monocle glass platform in
> > >>> any case, as we use it for some of our dektop unit tests.
> > >>>
> > >>> We have received a lot of help from the community -- particularly for
> > >>>  iOS and Android. Now we hope we can work together to keep Linux ARM
> > >>> viable and interesting.
> > >>>
> > >>> -- Kevin Rushforth and David Hill
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> [1] For more information on the decision, I refer you to the
> > >>> following statement from Dalibor Topic and Donald Smith that Dalibor
> > >>> posted to the Raspberry Pi forum.
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> http://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=97367&p=678791
> > >>> #p678791
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> > >>> ----------------------------------
> > >>> Apologies for the terse release note regarding this change to the
> > >>> Oracle
> > >>> JDK for ARM and Oracle Java SE Embedded products. Clearly this change
> > >>> should have come with more context.
> > >>>
> > >>> Starting with Oracle JDK for ARM 8u33 and Oracle Java SE Embedded
> > >>> 8u33,
> > >>> JavaFX Embedded, a port of JavaFX 8 which was only available on
> > >>> Linux/ARM platforms, is not supported, and has been removed from
> these
> > >>>  downloads.
> > >>>
> > >>> The complete source code for JavaFX Embedded has been contributed to
> > >>> the OpenJFX open source project in the OpenJDK community under the
> GPL
> > >>> v2 with Classpath exception license. JavaFX development has been done
> > >>> in the OpenJDK open source community for some time now, enabling
> > >>> JavaFX
> > >>> developers to contribute back their changes to the source code, and
> > >>> produce their own OpenJFX binaries for their target platforms under
> > >>> their own responsibility.
> > >>>
> > >>> JavaFX continues to be provided as a fully supported part of the
> > >>> Oracle
> > >>> JDK 8 product on x86 platforms (Windows, Linux, Mac).
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> > >>> ----------------------------------
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> Cheers,
> > >> Martijn
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Cheers,
> > > Martijn
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>

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