OpenJDK7 Windoze Binaries

[Mark Wielaard]

On Mon, 2010-11-29 at 07:09 -0800, Erik Trimble wrote:
> On 11/29/2010 5:48 AM, Dr Andrew John Hughes wrote:
> > On 29 November 2010 08:22, Mark Wielaard<mark at klomp.org>  wrote:
> >> On Sun, 2010-11-28 at 20:06 -0800, Erik Trimble wrote:
> >>> Oh, and a corporate plug here:  if you buy an Oracle support contract
> >>> for the JDK, you get access to all builds and the special "secret sauce"
> >>> source code, including for all Updates.
> >>>
> >>> So, open that wallet, and dump out the contents...
> >> Do you mean that by getting a support contract for the JDK you will then
> >> get access to this source code under free terms? So it will then be
> >> possible to add this source code to OpenJDK and/or redistribute it under
> >> the GPL? That would be awesome! Then those who contribute to the OpenJDK
> >> community source code can share as equals. If so, then maybe we should
> >> see if we can raise some money to get access to such a support contract
> >> to liberate the last remaining binary plugs.
> > I don't think so.  It sounds more like an insidious attempt to get
> > more people working on (and tainted by) the proprietary code base and
> > hardly appropriate for the OpenJDK mailing lists.
>
> OK, first off, there's no attempt by me here to coerce anyone into doing 
> anything they don't want to.  I'm not interested in "recruiting" or 
> anything else; I was offering an option. The last part of my post should 
> have clued everyone in to the not-super-serious tone of the message; 
> i.e. a support contract isn't cheap, by any means.

I didn't think you were trying to coerce anybody. But I also didn't
understand that you weren't serious. I assumed you meant there was
something that wasn't part of OpenJDK yet that could be gotten through
other means to simplify the work for those people wanting to help out
sharing openjdk derived windows binaries.

> The reason I even added this post was that the OP (Denis) had asked 
> about continued access to Windows binaries builds after JDK 7.  Meaning, 
> he was interested in getting continued binary builds of the development 
> work. An Oracle Support Contract is one way to continue to get access to 
> JDK 7 Windows binary builds after JDK 7 goes GA.
>
> Of course, others who build a binary OpenJDK7-based product should also 
> speak up here, because I certainly can't speak to what other companies 
> than Oracle offer that might be of help to Denis.
>
> I realize this is a technical list, so I'm not going to pursue this further.

But please do if you can offer any help. This is a technical topic. What
Denis is doing is precisely what you describe is needed. Facilitating
the community to get access to binary builds on the windows platform. We
all want OpenJDK to get used more widely. So anything that helps Denis
to share these binaries with the rest of the community and make his job
of keeping up to date with the community work is highly appreciated.

Thanks,

Mark