OpenJDK installers for Win/Mac?

Remi Forax forax at univ-mlv.fr
Tue Jun 26 07:16:28 UTC 2018


----- Mail original -----
> De: "Lennart Börjeson" <lenborje at gmail.com>
> À: "jdk-dev" <jdk-dev at openjdk.java.net>
> Envoyé: Mardi 26 Juin 2018 09:02:16
> Objet: OpenJDK installers for Win/Mac?

> The early-access page for jdk 11 (http://jdk.java.net/11/
> <http://jdk.java.net/11/>) links to installers for Mac and Windows for the
> Oracle JDK build, but the OpenJDK builds are plain archives only.
> 
> The installers provide additional platform-specific integration (e.g. the
> /usr/lib_exec/java_home utility on Mac, and various other integration tools on
> both platforms).
> 
> The OpenJDK build would surely benefit from this additional integration, too.

i hope not, it will make CI configurations, image building scripts, etc less regular, so more complex than they should be.

> 
> Is this a temporary oversight or intentional? Will OpenJDK get installers?
> 
> /Lennart

Remi


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