prerelase of icedtea-web 1.8
Lars Herschke
lhersch at dssgmbh.de
Thu Mar 7 13:59:31 UTC 2019
So i set, the final directory separator, automatically as a slash or
backslash, matching the operating system. If one is already present,
that is harmless.
Mit freundlichen Grüßen
Lars Herschke
Data-Service GmbH
Beethovenstraße 2a
23617 Stockelsdorf
Amtsgericht Lübeck, HRB 318 BS
Geschäftsführung: Wilfried Paepcke, Dr. Andreas Longwitz,
Dr. Uwe Szyszka, Dr. Hans-Martin Rasch
e-mail: lhersch at dssgmbh.de
Jiri Vanek schrieb:
> Thanx!
>
> Why the:
> + jre_dir.push("");
>
> ?
>
> I cant see wher eit iterates over 11, 1.8 and so on, but I trust it does :)
>
> Except the empty push, Althouh it is hard to read itm I'm ok with the patch, and will push it for
> you (once the mepty push is justified/removed)
> On 3/7/19 2:37 PM, Lars Herschke wrote:
>> forgot patch
>>
>> Mit freundlichen Grüßen
>>
>> Lars Herschke
>>
>> Data-Service GmbH
>> Beethovenstraße 2a
>> 23617 Stockelsdorf
>> Amtsgericht Lübeck, HRB 318 BS
>> Geschäftsführung: Wilfried Paepcke, Dr. Andreas Longwitz,
>> Dr. Uwe Szyszka, Dr. Hans-Martin Rasch
>> Tel. (0451) 49 00-188
>> Fax. (0451) 49 00-123
>> e-mail: lhersch at dssgmbh.de
>>
>>
>> Lars Herschke schrieb:
>>> So, here is the new patch.
>>>
>>> This patch tries to get JavaHome out of the registry with the following
>>> priosrization.
>>>
>>> - JRE 1.8
>>> - JDK 1.8
>>> - max JDK >= 9
>>> - JDK 1.8
>>> - max JDK >= 9
>>> - max JRE >= 9 (only 9 or 10 possible)
>>> - max JDK < 1.8
>>> - max JRE < 1.8
>>>
>>> The highest minor version within the major version is always preferred.
>>>
>>> In addition, the method find_jre checks with this patch whether it makes
>>> sense to append the jre directory.
>>>
>>>
>>> Mit freundlichen Grüßen
>>>
>>> Lars Herschke
>>>
>>> Data-Service GmbH
>>> Beethovenstraße 2a
>>> 23617 Stockelsdorf
>>> Amtsgericht Lübeck, HRB 318 BS
>>> Geschäftsführung: Wilfried Paepcke, Dr. Andreas Longwitz,
>>> Dr. Uwe Szyszka, Dr. Hans-Martin Rasch
>>> Tel. (0451) 49 00-188
>>> Fax. (0451) 49 00-123
>>> e-mail: lhersch at dssgmbh.de
>>>
>>>
>>> Lars Herschke schrieb:
>>>> Hi Jiri.
>>>>
>>>>>> - in addition I was unable to verify against jdk8. The ojdkbuild of jdk8 never put anything into
>>>>>> "my" registry.
>>>>
>>>> This can be selected and deselected in the installer. That's why I'm
>>>> testing JAVA_HOME and PATH so hard.
>>>>
>>>> I am currently testing a new version of my patch. I hope to be able to
>>>> make it available today.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Mit freundlichen Grüßen
>>>>
>>>> Lars Herschke
>>>>
>>>> Data-Service GmbH
>>>> Beethovenstraße 2a
>>>> 23617 Stockelsdorf
>>>> Amtsgericht Lübeck, HRB 318 BS
>>>> Geschäftsführung: Wilfried Paepcke, Dr. Andreas Longwitz,
>>>> Dr. Uwe Szyszka, Dr. Hans-Martin Rasch
>>>> Tel. (0451) 49 00-188
>>>> Fax. (0451) 49 00-123
>>>> e-mail: lhersch at dssgmbh.de
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Jiri Vanek schrieb:
>>>>> Hi Again.
>>>>>
>>>>> Attached is the workig version of my patch from yesterday.
>>>>>
>>>>> I realised that my approach requires: java_registry_path("SOFTWARE\\JavaSoft\\JDK\\11.0.2")
>>>>> - note the security number. This it is no go.
>>>>> - in addition I was unable to verify against jdk8. The ojdkbuild of jdk8 never put anything into
>>>>> "my" registry.
>>>>>
>>>>> From what I seen, your patch is ok with jdk11,12 and onwards untill the registry changes again, right?
>>>>>
>>>>> J.
>>>>>
>>>>> On 3/6/19 6:47 PM, Lars Herschke wrote:
>>>>>>> What are the regQuery and RegEnumKeyExW for?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> RegQueryInfoKeyW gives me the number of subkeys, so I can get directly
>>>>>> the last subkey with RegEnumKeyExW.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I do tt see versions in the query.. What is the pooled order? SHould be
>>>>>>> jre8->jdk8->jdk11->jdkAnythingElse
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I try to get Java in the following order.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - latest pre JMPS-JRE
>>>>>> - latest pre JMPS-JDK
>>>>>> - latest JMPS-JDK
>>>>>> - latest JMPS-JRE
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I always try to get the latest Java, favoring the pre JPMS Java.
>>>>>> However, so I may prefer a Java 7 to a Java 11.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Do you mind to comapre with mine patch? (and honestly say that it is garbage and yours is more
>>>>>>>> bulletproof - I do not expect more)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I dont't understand on your patch, how jdkX_registry_path,
>>>>>> jreX_registry_path and jdk11plus_registry_path should work. There is no
>>>>>> JavaHome-key on these levels.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I disagree with Your change to JAVA_HOME and PATH - because it can already be jre. On contrary, if
>>>>>>>> it si jdk, then it is already valid. HAve that part bitten you somewhere?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You are right, but on Windows, JAVA_HOME is only set by ojdkbuild and
>>>>>> this set JAVA_HOME to his jdk root-directory. Oracle-Java don't set
>>>>>> JAVA_HOME, but writes registry keys ever.
>>>>>> The PATH is set from ojdkbuild to [jdk-root]\bin, so my changes also
>>>>>> works. The PATH from Oracle-Java is complete outside the java directory
>>>>>> (C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath). In this path
>>>>>> you will not find any library.
>>>>>> Everything said so far, only applies to Java 8. As of Java 9, there is
>>>>>> no more jre directory around jdk.
>>>>>> In the end, you can not know if PATH or JAVA_HOME is a jdk or a jre,
>>>>>> without checking it.
>>>>>> It did not bother me, I just tried to be more compatible with the
>>>>>> standard installations under windows
>>>>>> Last but not least, the method is called find_jre.:-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Mit freundlichen Grüßen
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Lars Herschke
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Data-Service GmbH
>>>>>> Beethovenstraße 2a
>>>>>> 23617 Stockelsdorf
>>>>>> Amtsgericht Lübeck, HRB 318 BS
>>>>>> Geschäftsführung: Wilfried Paepcke, Dr. Andreas Longwitz,
>>>>>> Dr. Uwe Szyszka, Dr. Hans-Martin Rasch
>>>>>> Tel. (0451) 49 00-188
>>>>>> Fax. (0451) 49 00-123
>>>>>> e-mail: lhersch at dssgmbh.de
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jiri Vanek schrieb:
>>>>>>> On 3/6/19 5:16 PM, Lars Herschke wrote:
>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> attached a new separate windows registry patch.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Wou. Interesting approach. As you had not replied if you will elaborate on it, I had in meantime
>>>>>>> did simialr patch (attached, not tested, literally just finished writing right now, and started to
>>>>>>> warm up windows VM) - absed on yours, jsut with the pooling of registry.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> My patch looks a bit more rustlike - especailly it uses chain of match instead of loop, and TBH I
>>>>>>> do not understand half of yours :)
>>>>>>> What are the regQuery and RegEnumKeyExW for?
>>>>>>> I do tt see versions in the query.. What is the pooled order? SHould be
>>>>>>> jre8->jdk8->jdk11->jdkAnythingElse
>>>>>>> Do you mind to comapre with mine patch? (and honestly say that it is garbage and yours is more
>>>>>>> bulletproof - I do not expect more)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I disagree with Your change to JAVA_HOME and PATH - because it can already be jre. On contrary, if
>>>>>>> it si jdk, then it is already valid. HAve that part bitten you somewhere?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Really thanx!
>>>>>>> J.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Mit freundlichen Grüßen
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Lars Herschke
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Data-Service GmbH
>>>>>>>> Beethovenstraße 2a
>>>>>>>> 23617 Stockelsdorf
>>>>>>>> Amtsgericht Lübeck, HRB 318 BS
>>>>>>>> Geschäftsführung: Wilfried Paepcke, Dr. Andreas Longwitz,
>>>>>>>> Dr. Uwe Szyszka, Dr. Hans-Martin Rasch
>>>>>>>> Tel. (0451) 49 00-188
>>>>>>>> Fax. (0451) 49 00-123
>>>>>>>> e-mail: lhersch at dssgmbh.de
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Jiri Vanek schrieb:
>>>>>>>>> On 3/5/19 2:29 PM, Lars Herschke wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> Ok. Then I would suggest the following steps:
>>>>>>>>>>> - Does it have sense to check both jre and jsk keys? jre first, and jdk as fallback? If not, then
>>>>>>>>>>> I'm happy with ou jre from registy patch. Do you mind to post it as separate patch? In both cases
>>>>>>>>>>> (jre->jdk fallback, jre search only) I will push for you asap.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> If you plan to check more than one regkey than you should check in the
>>>>>>>>>> following order.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> 1. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\JavaSoft\Java Runtime Environment
>>>>>>>>>> 2. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\JavaSoft\Java Development Kit
>>>>>>>>>> 3. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\JavaSoft\JDK
>>>>>>>>>> 4. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\JavaSoft\JRE
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> 1. for the last pre-JPMS-jre (max Java 9)
>>>>>>>>>> 2. for the last pre-JPMS-jdk (max Java 8)
>>>>>>>>>> 3. for the last JPMS-jdk ( Java 11+)
>>>>>>>>>> 4. for the last JPMS-jre (max Java 10)
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Starting with Java 11 you have to check the jdk first, because there is
>>>>>>>>>> nor jre anymore.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Are you willing to code that? I would promiss you a beer on fosdem :)
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Mit freundlichen Grüßen
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Lars Herschke
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Data-Service GmbH
>>>>>>>>>> Beethovenstraße 2a
>>>>>>>>>> 23617 Stockelsdorf
>>>>>>>>>> Amtsgericht Lübeck, HRB 318 BS
>>>>>>>>>> Geschäftsführung: Wilfried Paepcke, Dr. Andreas Longwitz,
>>>>>>>>>> Dr. Uwe Szyszka, Dr. Hans-Martin Rasch
>>>>>>>>>> Tel. (0451) 49 00-188
>>>>>>>>>> Fax. (0451) 49 00-123
>>>>>>>>>> e-mail: lhersch at dssgmbh.de
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Jiri Vanek schrieb:
>>>>>>>>>>> On 3/5/19 1:54 PM, Lars Herschke wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Jiri.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm wondering why the acinclude hunk is necessary - Do you intend to ship..or whatever custom
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> itw-binaries built on windows? The build is the only thing I do seriously on windows, and thus I'm
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wondering why I had never needed it.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I have installed my jdk direct in windows and not inside cygwin. So my
>>>>>>>>>>>> path inside cygwin is /cygdrive/c/Program\
>>>>>>>>>>>> Files/ojdkbuild/java-1.8.0-openjdk-1.8.0.201-1. This path isn't found by
>>>>>>>>>>>> configure without jdk-home-configure-switch.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I have it installed to in windows, but something must go differently. Will push this hunk for you asap
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The unittest++ targets are for plugin only,. You should not even hit them.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Without my changes i get the following error when i make "make clean".
>>>>>>>>>>>> "make: *** No rule to make target 'clean-unittest++', needed by
>>>>>>>>>>>> 'clean-tests'. Stop."
>>>>>>>>>>>> clean-unittest++ is commented out in the generated Makefile because i
>>>>>>>>>>>> build without native plugin.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Hm interesting, I'm running cleanow and iot works. Anyway will test you changeset, and if ti do not
>>>>>>>>>>> break anything (which I dubt) will push it for you asap.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Dunce is an problem - ITW, being distribution friendly, can not rely on random cargo pulled from
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> web. Sorry. If it is really doing such a troubles, then I'm afraid it must go in in way, it can be
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ifouted on linxu. Do you mind to elaborate on this?
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> If you have an jdk on windows without registry entries and set without
>>>>>>>>>>>> JAVA_HOME, than jdk from path is trying. This path is canonicalized and
>>>>>>>>>>>> leads to an unc-path. I have in a test spawn() persuaded (with
>>>>>>>>>>>> current_dir) to use this unc-path, but java.exe don't like unc-path in
>>>>>>>>>>>> his classpath.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Last hint - if I install JDK on windows. Will it still be found in registry in way you changed the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> search?
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> When you install openjdk with ojdkbuild it will be found. When you
>>>>>>>>>>>> install oracle-jdk and you don't disable "Public JRE" in the installer,
>>>>>>>>>>>> than it would also be found.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Ok. Then I would suggest the following steps:
>>>>>>>>>>> - Does it have sense to check both jre and jsk keys? jre first, and jdk as fallback? If not, then
>>>>>>>>>>> I'm happy with ou jre from registy patch. Do you mind to post it as separate patch? In both cases
>>>>>>>>>>> (jre->jdk fallback, jre search only) I will push for you asap.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> - Please provide dunce changeset as separate changeset. We have to discuss, how to make it
>>>>>>>>>>> disable-able.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Please reconsider fx patch. I dont think it is necessary. If it is, I would liek to know your case.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Thanx!
>>>>>>>>>>> J.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Mit freundlichen Grüßen
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Lars Herschke
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Data-Service GmbH
>>>>>>>>>>>> Beethovenstraße 2a
>>>>>>>>>>>> 23617 Stockelsdorf
>>>>>>>>>>>> Amtsgericht Lübeck, HRB 318 BS
>>>>>>>>>>>> Geschäftsführung: Wilfried Paepcke, Dr. Andreas Longwitz,
>>>>>>>>>>>> Dr. Uwe Szyszka, Dr. Hans-Martin Rasch
>>>>>>>>>>>> Tel. (0451) 49 00-188
>>>>>>>>>>>> Fax. (0451) 49 00-123
>>>>>>>>>>>> e-mail: lhersch at dssgmbh.de
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Jiri Vanek schrieb:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Lars!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thank you very much for eyballing the windows state.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm wondering why the acinclude hunk is necessary - Do you intend to ship..or whatever custom
>>>>>>>>>>>>> itw-binaries built on windows? The build is the only thing I do seriously on windows, and thus I'm
>>>>>>>>>>>>> wondering why I had never needed it.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> The unittest++ targets are for plugin only,. You should not even hit them.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Dunce is an problem - ITW, being distribution friendly, can not rely on random cargo pulled from
>>>>>>>>>>>>> web. Sorry. If it is really doing such a troubles, then I'm afraid it must go in in way, it can be
>>>>>>>>>>>>> ifouted on linxu. Do you mind to elaborate on this?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Last hint - if I install JDK on windows. Will it still be found in registry in way you changed the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> search?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> hmm. The jfxrt is shameful bug, as the path is crippled also in shell and bat launchers an I keep
>>>>>>>>>>>>> wondering how it could hapened it was not hit.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> again, thanx a lot for this set of fixes!
>>>>>>>>>>>>> J.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 3/5/19 11:32 AM, Lars Herschke wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> attached a patch that cause the following changes.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> acinclude.m4:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> - configure-switch --with-jdk-home acts on windows
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Makefile.am:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> - windows-fix for changeset 1565:7010aa9d9309
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> - fixes for make clean with native plugin disabled
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> rust-launcher:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 1. Use cannonicalize from crate dunce, because std::fs:canonicalize
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> return on windows unc-paths like this \\?\C:\foo. This paths doesn't
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> work with spawn() from std::process::Command.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2. Correct path for jfxrt.jar
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 3. Use JRE-path instead of JDK-path from registry and don't panic if
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> this regkey doesn't exist, because jfxrt.jar, rt.jar and nashorn.jar
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> are only in the JRE-directory on openjdk. In addition users, that
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> have only installed JRE don't have the JDK-regkey in your registry.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Mit freundlichen Grüßen
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Lars Herschke
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Data-Service GmbH
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Beethovenstraße 2a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 23617 Stockelsdorf
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Amtsgericht Lübeck, HRB 318 BS
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Geschäftsführung: Wilfried Paepcke, Dr. Andreas Longwitz,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Dr. Uwe Szyszka, Dr. Hans-Martin Rasch
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Tel. (0451) 49 00-188
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Fax. (0451) 49 00-123
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> e-mail: lhersch at dssgmbh.de
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jiri Vanek schrieb:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> TYVM. Pushed.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Prerelase binraries will be updated on demand.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> J.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 2/25/19 10:39 AM, Olesya Gerasimenko wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hello!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Please find attached the updated Russian translation.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 22.02.2019 14:15, Jiri Vanek пишет:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hello all!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Please see the pre-release of icedtea-web 1.8: https://jvanek.fedorapeople.org/itw1.8/
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If you can push it through your cases, it would be awesome. There are native portable builds for
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> both win and Linuxes. There is also multiplatform portable build based on shell/bat launchers only.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I had also updated (not released!) fedora builds to this pre - see "fedora" text file:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> While this prerelase is in testing, I would like to call alive translators - Russian and Czech - to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> update theirs translations in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/icedtea-web/file/tip/netx/net/sourceforge/jnlp/resources/. In
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> addition, I will start backporting of non-native patches to 1.7 so 1.7.2 can follow 1.8 very soon.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 1.8 will be released once translations are in place. Of course anything wrong reported with
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> pre-released tarballs will be fixed.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Windows testing:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> * icedtea-web-1.8pre.portable.bin.zip
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> * icedtea-web-1.8pre.win.bin.zip
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> * itw-installer.msi
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> + icedtea-web-1.8pre.tar.gz (sources for custom builds - optional)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> + https://jvanek.fedorapeople.org/itw1.8/icedtea-web-docs/
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Linux testng:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> * iccedtea-web-1.8pre.linux.bin.zip
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> * icedtea-web-1.8pre.portable.bin.zip
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> * icedtea-web-1.8pre.tar.gz (sources for distributions and custom builds - mandatory)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> * fedora
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> + https://jvanek.fedorapeople.org/itw1.8/icedtea-web-docs/
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Note for JRE search:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> * windows shell scripts reads java_home or or registry
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> * linux shell scripts reads java_home or defualt system jdk
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> * native launchers reads in addition system paths
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> TBH, I doubt I covered all combinations when I run my suites
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Cases (if you have lack of them, but many of them may be already dead):
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> * https://icedtea.classpath.org/wiki/IcedTea-Web-Tests#javaws
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> *
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://icedtea.classpath.org/wiki/IcedTea-Web-Tests#IcedTea-Web_webstart_.28javaws.29_test_applications
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Known bugs:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 3705 --- Webstarted application tries to load resources from server incorrectly
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 3704 --- IcedTeaWeb doesn't run SAP PI web start interface - LAZY_CLASSLOADING_FAILED
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 3697 --- Custom JRE/JDK within UTF-8 folder name ( key deployment.jre.dir in in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> deployment.properties ) are not properly handled
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 3689 --- DownloadService2 not implemented
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 3672 --- Classloader doesn't load jar correctly from JNLP extension
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 3461 --- (still) Cannot run HP ILO4 remote console application
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Windows desktop shortcuts are suspected to not work with jdk11 and up
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Linux side, except native launchers and few bug fixes, not much changed. But for windows support
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> this is giant leap to be finally proper replacement for oracle javaws.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> For 1.9 the plan is to remove plugin completely, and to move to github and under the wings of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> AdoptOpenJDK....
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Looking forward for both positive and negative feedbacks
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> J.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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