[External] : Re: jpackage - notarizing

[Michael Hall]

> On Nov 22, 2021, at 9:01 PM, Kevin Rushforth <kevin.rushforth at oracle.com> wrote:
> 
> 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

None of what Apple contributed to the Mac port project was part of the JDK. But legacy Apple Java code still used it. Probably less over time, allowing it to be phased out. All I was thinking of was somewhere it would still be available to compile old code. What Alan pointed out would probably provide that if Apple stops including it with Xcode - if I figure it out. If you look at the GitHub project the contributors include people you still see active on the openjdk lists. All I basically need is it there to compile old code I don’t actively develop. 

Alan’s usage sounded a little more critical.