OpenJDK7 Windoze Binaries

[Lussier, Denis]

Thanks.  This makes sense and is helpful in an unofficial kinda way.

On 11/26/10, Erik Trimble <erik.trimble at oracle.com> wrote:
> On 11/26/2010 6:36 AM, Dalibor Topic wrote:
>> On 11/25/10 12:18 AM, Lussier, Denis wrote:
>>> Is Oracle planning to continue to make OpenJDK 7 Windoze Binaries after
>>> GA?
>> Unless I'm mistaken, the only OpenJDK binaries which Oracle makes
>> available are
>> OpenJDK 6 binaries that are packaged for and available through Oracle
>> Linux.
>>
>> cheers,
>> dalibor topic
> Dalibor is correct, and there also does need to be some careful respect
> for terminology.
>
> "OpenJDK" is a distinct product different than "Oracle JDK" (though, the
> two are often assumed to be the same); additionally, you will often see
> "JDK" written when it really should be "Oracle JDK".
>
> Oracle does NOT make available any OpenJDK 7 binaries, and it only makes
> available OpenJDK 6 binaries as part of the Oracle Linux distribution.
>
>
> We *do* make available Oracle JDK 7 binaries (as part of the JDK 7
> Project - https://jdk7.dev.java.net/ ), which is most likely what you
> are referring to.  These binaries do *not* exactly match those built
> from the OpenJDK sources - there are some customizations that Oracle
> will retain for itself (either indefinitely, or
> to-be-released-at-an-inderminate-time-in-the-future), and some code
> which *cannot* be opened up even if Oracle wished it.
>
>
> As to future plans, Oracle does not make forward-looking statements like
> that in open discussion forums.  *I* certainly am in no position to
> offer official guidance.
>
>
> <Personal Statement Disclaimer>
>
> However, personally, I would look at how Oracle currently handles the
> OpenJDK 6 vs Oracle JDK 6 source code/binary release trains for how it
> most likely will handle OpenJDK 7 vs Oracle JDK 7.   That is, once
> Oracle JDK 7 GAs, the weekly (or bi-weekly) builds would be JDK
> 8-related, and no development builds of JDK 7 (which would be JDK 7
> Updates) would be available. Source would still be updated as the JDK 7
> Updates are worked on.
>
> As to support for specific platforms/OSes in Oracle JDK 7, that will be
> communicated when the product actually ships.  I can't imagine that we'd
> drop support for any recent version of Windows, but there could
> *possibly* be some notice about EOL of support for old versions (Windows
> 2000 and before), but I don't have any specific knowledge about pending
> EOL of any platform or OS.  For the development builds we currently
> provide for Oracle JDK 7 (and, most likely, will continue to provide for
> Oracle JDK 8), I see no indication that we would NOT make available any
> build we currently do internally - that is, I don't see any reason why
> we wouldn't make available a platform/OS binary from one we're actively
> developing on, since the whole point of making them available is for the
> community to test them out, and be able to help improve it via OpenJDK.
>
> </Personal Statement Disclaimer>
>
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