Fwd: Heads up concerning the jre image in JDK 11

[Martijn Verburg]

Hi all,

FYI for folks involved in building AdoptOpenJDK binaries.

Cheers,
Martijn

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Erik Joelsson <erik.joelsson at oracle.com>
Date: 6 June 2018 at 01:15
Subject: Heads up concerning the jre image in JDK 11
To: jdk-dev <jdk-dev at openjdk.java.net>


Hello,

I would like to make everyone aware of an impending change to JDK 11
concerning the images we build. In [1], currently under review [2], the
jre-image will no longer be built by the "images" make target. Oracle
intends to no longer ship the JRE in its current form and so we do no
longer wish to build it. It will still be possible to build it using the
make target "legacy-jre-image" (and "mac-legacy-jre-bundle" for the macos
specific image). This should serve the need of any OpenJDK distributor that
still wants to produce the legacy jre, while making it clear that it is
slated for complete removal in a future release. The "product-bundles"
target will no longer produce bundles of the legacy jre.

/Erik

[1] https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8200132
[2] http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/build-dev/2018-June/022274.html