Improving OpenJDK for FreeBSD

[Thomas Stüfe]

@Magnus Ihse Bursie <magnus.ihse.bursie at oracle.com>

Why would we need a JEP? That is a lot of unnecessary red tape. The BSD
port already exists. It is technically not a new port.

On Thu, Mar 6, 2025 at 8:19 PM Magnus Ihse Bursie <
magnus.ihse.bursie at oracle.com> wrote:

> On 2025-03-06 19:38, Harald Eilertsen wrote:
>
> > On Thu, Mar 06, 2025 at 05:32:50PM +0100, Magnus Ihse Bursie wrote:
> >> On 2025-02-21 04:03, David Holmes wrote:
> >>> I would not like to see it happen that way. If it is to happen then I
> >>> would prefer to see a project established and a project repo.
> >> [...snip...]
> >>
> >> I think that could work as well, but I guess the difficult part will be
> to
> >> get reviewers from the relevant areas.
> > I'm happy to go whichever way the OpenJDK community thinks is the best
> > approach. On advantage I see from our perspective with the separate
> > project repo is that it may be easier to do a bit of experimentation and
> > testing different approaches before a merge into the mainline.
> >
> > It will still be possible to do a phased approach to merging the changes
> > into the mainline, so that should give any reviewers that didn't come
> > around for the first merges into the project repo a second chance to
> > voice their concerns.
>
> Formally, there is already a bsd-port project ("Port: BSD Project" is
> the formal name), and according to the Census, Greg Lewis is the Project
> Lead. That means he has the authority to request that a repo be setup
> for this project. I hope you have enough contact with him to ask him to
> send an email to ops at openjdk.org to request such a repo. Since the cogs
> of the OpenJDK administration moves slowly, I'd suggest trying get him
> to send such a request already; then the repo might be created in time
> for it to be actually needed.
>
> Formally, I believe it would be good if he also nominates you as member
> of the bsd-port project. In time, especially if your position at FreeBSD
> is turning out to be long-term, I think it would be good (and likely
> supported by Lewis) to have you moving into the Project Lead position of
> the BSD port project.
>
> There is also an old mailing list associated with the project; we might
> consider moving this discussion over there. (Otoh, the porters-dev list
> is basically empty so I don't think we're overwhelming everyone by
> keeping the discussion here as well.)
>
>
> >
> >> Also, I don't know if this has been said before, but this work requires
> a
> >> JEP.
> > No, I haven't heard anything about that (I think). I'll read up on it,
> > and get back if I need a hand to hold on to :)
>
> Have a look at e.g. JEP 388 (https://openjdk.org/jeps/388) which
> introduced the Windows/aarch64 port. That was really about combining an
> existing OS and an existing CPU, but I'd say the amount of changes
> required is similar to the BSD port, so I guess aiming at a JEP of
> similar complexity level is fine.
>
> /Magnus
>
>
> >
> > Take care!
> > Harald
>
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