Anyone using JMX with JavaFX?

Felix Bembrick felix.bembrick at gmail.com
Mon Jun 13 13:02:46 UTC 2016


Are you saying that I have negatively contributed to OpenJFX or JavaFX in general?

I am one of the most vocal, passionate and positive advocates for OpenJFX and JavaFX.

> On 13 Jun 2016, at 22:45, dalibor topic <dalibor.topic at oracle.com> wrote:
> 
> Felix,
> 
> This is an open source Project's mailing list, specifically for technical discussions of that Project's development. It's not an 'open' forum suitable for discussion of other issues.
> 
> Removing participants that continue to abuse the privilege of being on an open source project's mailing list is a useful tool to deal with individuals which contribute negatively to a project, if they don't seem to be able to change their act.
> 
> cheers,
> dalibor topic
> 
>> On 13.06.2016 14:11, Felix Bembrick wrote:
>> Dear Dalibor,
>> 
>> "This mailing list is the not the right forum for discussions of
>> Oracle's products. This mailing list is for OpenJFX development,
>> specifically."
>> 
>> Read that again. Thank you for giving me the clear answer you promised!
>> 
>> And thanks for the warning in case I accidentally start "spamming". But
>> surely you wouldn't remove anyone from an "open" forum would you?
>> 
>> Blessings,
>> 
>> Felix
>> 
>> On 13 Jun 2016, at 21:17, dalibor topic <dalibor.topic at oracle.com
>> <mailto:dalibor.topic at oracle.com>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Felix,
>>> 
>>> if you'd like to ask questions about Oracle's products, please do so
>>> at https://community.oracle.com/welcome .
>>> 
>>> This mailing list is the not the right forum for discussions of
>>> Oracle's products. This mailing list is for OpenJFX development,
>>> specifically.
>>> 
>>> On a side note, spamming this list with off-topic posts could result
>>> in removal from it without further warning.
>>> 
>>> cheers,
>>> dalibor topic
>>> 
>>>> On 13.06.2016 12:37, Felix Bembrick wrote:
>>>> Thanks you most sincerely Dalibor for that very direct response.
>>>> 
>>>> Only... it wasn't really, was it?
>>>> 
>>>> You "believe I am entitled to a clear answer to my question".
>>>> 
>>>> Great! */So why have you still not answered it?/*
>>>> 
>>>> Let me put it another way */so as there can be no possible room for any
>>>> further confusion (hopefully)/*.
>>>> 
>>>> */COULD YOU PLEASE DETAIL EXACTLY WHERE JAVAFX IS USED IN EITHER
>>>> PRODUCTS USED INTERNALLY BY ORACLE OR IN COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS WHICH
>>>> ORACLE MARKETS?/*
>>>> 
>>>> Now, please give me the "clear answer" that I "am entitled to" (Your
>>>> words, not mine).
>>>> 
>>>> (Given that we now know that usage of JavaFX within JMX is about to be
>>>> abandoned, and there may be a tiny fraction of JMC that is still gasping
>>>> for air written using JavaFX, but knowing how */incredibly
>>>> enthusiastically Oracle is advancing JavaFX/*, I *know* there must be
>>>> hundreds more examples and I am sure we would all love to hear about
>>>> them).  That would give us all a lot more faith in JavaFX. I am sure you
>>>> want that don't you?
>>>> 
>>>> See - no mention of age of participants, telephony equipment or career
>>>> plans! Just JMX and a lot about OpenJFX!
>>>> 
>>>> Am I *still* in the wrong forum?
>>>> 
>>>> All my blessings,
>>>> 
>>>> Felix
>>>> 
>>>> P.S. What is this "bitterness" that you speak of?
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 13 June 2016 at 19:55, dalibor topic <dalibor.topic at oracle.com
>>>> <mailto:dalibor.topic at oracle.com>
>>>> <mailto:dalibor.topic at oracle.com>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>   Felix, I believe that you are entitled to a clear answer to your
>>>>   question:
>>>> 
>>>>   Yes, I have considered a career in politics.
>>>> 
>>>>   That being said, I would kindly suggest that you stop trying to
>>>>   divert[0] technical discussions in this community with off-topic
>>>>   posts, such as your contributions to this thread so far, where you
>>>>   attempted to discuss :
>>>> 
>>>>    * the age of discussion participants,
>>>>    * their telephony equipment and
>>>>    * career plans,
>>>> 
>>>>   none of which have anything to do with JMX or OpenJFX.
>>>> 
>>>>   Instead, you should consider unsubscribing from this mailing list
>>>>   for a week or two, in order to get clarity in what capacity, if any,
>>>>   you'd like to positively contribute to ongoing OpenJFX development.
>>>> 
>>>>   As it stands, your current mode of participation on this mailing
>>>>   list is a net loss for this community, and apparently, for yourself
>>>>   as well, judging by what seems to be an increasing amount of
>>>>   bitterness in your posts.
>>>> 
>>>>   You can change that.
>>>> 
>>>>   All the best,
>>>>   Dalibor Topic
>>>> 
>>>>   [0] https://joeyh.name/blog/entry/thread_patterns/
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>   On 10.06.2016 15:29, Felix Bembrick wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>       Dalibor, please forgive me for assuming that Oracle had access
>>>>       to an English language parser. I could translate my original
>>>>       question into Klingon and resubmit if that would help.
>>>> 
>>>>       And thanks so much for pointing out to me that this forum is
>>>>       devoted to "ongoing OpenJFX development".  Clearly I was under
>>>>       the misapprehension that it was about unicorns, angels and aliens.
>>>> 
>>>>       However, the word "ongoing" probably could do with some
>>>>       clarification.
>>>> 
>>>>       Oh, and I don't actually *need* to find a forum to discuss
>>>>       telephony equipment used by other organisations because such
>>>>       information is transparent and clearly indicates belief and
>>>>       commitment to their own technologies.
>>>> 
>>>>       Just out of interest, have you ever considered a career in
>>>> politics?
>>>> 
>>>>       And thanks for finally answering my question (even if it was
>>>>       accidental)...
>>>> 
>>>>           On 10 Jun 2016, at 22:59, Dalibor Topic
>>>>           <dalibor.topic at oracle.com
>>>> <mailto:dalibor.topic at oracle.com> <mailto:dalibor.topic at oracle.com>>
>>>>           wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>           Felix, unfortunately your original question was not
>>>> parse-able.
>>>> 
>>>>           Before you go on prolonging this thread with more of that,
>>>>           please consider that this mailing list is for discussion of
>>>>           ongoing OpenJFX development.
>>>> 
>>>>           If instead you would prefer to discuss something else,
>>>>           please do try to find a more suitable venue for discussion
>>>>           of such interests. While I can't help you find an adequate
>>>>           forum to discuss telephony equipment used by employees of
>>>>           other organizations, I hope that you will be able to find a
>>>>           better place to do so in the future.
>>>> 
>>>>           Cheers,
>>>>           Dalibor Topic
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>>>>               On 10.06.2016, at 12:46, Felix Bembrick
>>>>               <felix.bembrick at gmail.com
>>>> <mailto:felix.bembrick at gmail.com>
>>>>               <mailto:felix.bembrick at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>               I am taking that as a "yes" answer to my original
>>>> question.
>>>> 
>>>>               On a completely unrelated topic, do Microsoft employees
>>>>               all have Macs on their desktops and carry iPhones and
>>>>               iPads around?
>>>> 
>>>>               No?
>>>> 
>>>>               Well I bet Apple employees do!
>>>> 
>>>>                   On 10 Jun 2016, at 20:01, dalibor topic
>>>>                   <dalibor.topic at oracle.com
>>>> <mailto:dalibor.topic at oracle.com>
>>>>                   <mailto:dalibor.topic at oracle.com>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>                   I suspect that particular plugin is extremely rarely
>>>>                   used, judging by
>>>>                   https://github.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=%22javafx-mx.jar%22&type=Code&ref=searchresults
>>>>                   showing 0 results.
>>>> 
>>>>                   cheers,
>>>>                   dalibor topic
>>>> 
>>>>                       On 09.06.2016 00:31, Kevin Rushforth wrote:
>>>>                       As some of you may be aware, JavaFX has shipped
>>>>                       a JMX plugin as a
>>>>                       separate jar file along with the JDK (not part
>>>>                       of the JRE) in
>>>>                       <JDK>/lib/javafx-mx.jar. Development on this
>>>>                       plugin stopped prior to JDK
>>>>                       8 being shipped, although we continued to ship
>>>>                       javafx-mx.jar in JDK 8.
>>>> 
>>>>                       Are there any developers that still use this? We
>>>>                       haven't seen any bug
>>>>                       reports or had questions on it for quite a
>>>>                       while. I note that this jar
>>>>                       file has been gone from JDK 9 ea since build 111
>>>>                       and we are trying to
>>>>                       determine how best to address this in JDK 9.
>>>> 
>>>>                       Our options are:
>>>> 
>>>>                       1) Remove it entirely and drop this tooling
>>>> support
>>>> 
>>>>                       2) Continue to ship it as a legacy jar file,
>>>>                       meaning that any use would
>>>>                       require command line qualified exports to be
>>>>                       added since it uses
>>>>                       internal packages
>>>> 
>>>>                       3) Turn it into a proper JDK-only module,
>>>>                       javafx.jmx; it would not be
>>>>                       one of the default modules, so it would need to
>>>>                       be added with -addmods.
>>>> 
>>>>                       Obviously #1 would be the least amount of work,
>>>>                       and given that it isn't
>>>>                       being actively maintained, might be a viable
>>>>                       solution. If we do need to
>>>>                       keep it, then #2 might be less effort than #3,
>>>>                       while still preserving
>>>>                       the ability for developers to use it. This is
>>>>                       only used for tooling, so
>>>>                       requiring qualified exports, as is done for
>>>>                       Robot and
>>>>                       PerformanceTracker, is not a problem.
>>>> 
>>>>                       Separately, if we don't remove it for JDK 9, we
>>>>                       probably will deprecate
>>>>                       it with the intention to remove it in a future
>>>>                       release.
>>>> 
>>>>                       -- Kevin
>>>> 
>>>> 
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