HEADS-UP: plan to integrate a newer WebKit into 9-dev next week.

[Kevin Rushforth]

No, I don't have anything further to add about WebGL, if that's what you 
are asking.

As for moving to Blink, that would be a very large effort. We do not 
currently plan to do this for JDK 10, but could reevaluate it in the 
future if something changes.

-- Kevin


Felix Bembrick wrote:
> Any comments on this? Isn't it time to move to Blink?
>
>   
>> On 13 May 2016, at 04:32, Felix Bembrick <felix.bembrick at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks Kevin.
>>
>> I was more curious as to why WebGL support hasn't been there since day 1, given that WebKit itself supports it.
>>
>> Felix
>>
>>     
>>> On 13 May 2016, at 01:52, Kevin Rushforth <kevin.rushforth at oracle.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> It was an issue of resources versus priority and scope. JDK 9 is focused on Jigsaw modularity and a few other minor features. It is more of a "smoothing out" release than a big feature release (except for Jigsaw). We expect JDK 10 to be a somewhat more feature-oriented release.
>>>
>>> -- Kevin
>>>
>>>
>>> Felix Bembrick wrote:
>>>       
>>>> Do you mind if I ask what the rationale behind such a decision is?
>>>>
>>>> From an admittedly perhaps totally ignorant outside observer, it would seem to me that any cost/benefit analysis would basically put this feature in the "no brainer" category and should have been implemented at the very least since JFX 8.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> On 12 May 2016, at 01:11, Kevin Rushforth <kevin.rushforth at oracle.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> No. WebGL support is not planned for JDK 9. We will look at this for JDK 10.
>>>>>
>>>>> -- Kevin
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Felix Bembrick wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>>>> Will this new WebKit finally support WebGL?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Just by supporting WebGL in the JavaFX WebView will instantly enable an entire new set of 3D features and access to a plethora of JavaScript 3D libraries for "free".
>>>>>>
>>>>>> And, Google Maps will finally work too.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>             
>>>>>>> On 11 May 2016, at 08:20, Kevin Rushforth <kevin.rushforth at oracle.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> All,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> As a heads-up, we plan to push an updated WebKit to FX 9-dev early next week [1]. If there are no build problems, they will be integrated to 9 master the following week for jdk-9+119. We then plan to backport the newer WebKit (to keep them in sync) to 8u-dev a couple weeks later.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The only new tool needed to build this is CMake [2] version 3.4 or later (we will use 3.4.1 to build).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Let me know if you have any questions.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -- Kevin
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> [1] https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8156698
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> [2] http://cmake.org/
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>