[External] : Re: jpackage - notarizing

[Kevin Rushforth]

By way of clarification, JNF was never part of the JDK. What we removed 
was the JDK's *usage* of JNF. And we did so because Apple deprecated it 
and never even provide a JNF framework for aarch64.

Applications either need to migrate off JNF and find an alternative, or 
take Apple's open-source project, build it yourself, and include it with 
your application. Either way, this isn't a JDK problem.

-- Kevin


On 11/22/2021 11:56 AM, Michael Hall wrote:
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>> On Nov 22, 2021, at 12:39 PM, Alan Snyder <javalists at cbfiddle.com> wrote:
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>>> On Nov 22, 2021, at 10:12 AM, Kevin Rushforth <kevin.rushforth at oracle.com> wrote:
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>>> JNF was removed from the JDK if that's what you are asking.
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>> Indeed, that is why there is an issue.
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>> The JDK may not be using JNF, but library developers still use it.
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>> The JDK replacement for JNF is not supported for use outside the JDK.
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>> JNF is not just convenient, there is at least one essential use for which there is no adequate replacement.
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>> See https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8274596
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> I have a fair amount of code that would break if some JNF option wasn’t available. I have no estimate for how much rewriting I would need to do. Two of the projects I needed to recompile to get notarized needed it. I don’t actively do anything with it anymore but have some older code that did.
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