Fate of jdk.packager and jdk.packager.services?

[Kevin Rushforth]

Can you subscribe to core-libs-dev and reply to the JEP discussion 
indicating how you use UserJvmOptions? We hadn't planned on providing 
the jdk.packager.services module (at least not in the initial version), 
but would be interested to know how useful it was. Having said that, the 
module is still there in the prototype in the jdk sandbox.

-- Kevin


On 8/7/2018 5:03 AM, Lennart Börjeson wrote:
> Well, while I can surely use the packager from JDK 10 and bundle my application with 11, I'd still miss out on the packager service, i.e. the application would not be able to use the UserJvmOptions.
>
> It seems to me the packager service has been completely forgotten? JDK-8200758 does not mention it at all.
>
> /Lennart
>
>> 7 aug. 2018 kl. 13:45 skrev Nir Lisker <nlisker at gmail.com>:
>>
>> Hi Lennart,
>>
>> You should be able to use the packager from JDK 10, see https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8203379 <https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8203379>.
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>> There is a draft for a replacement, see https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8200758 <https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8200758>.
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>> - Nir
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>> On Tue, Aug 7, 2018 at 12:28 PM, Lennart Börjeson <lenborje at gmail.com <mailto:lenborje at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> I'm migrating to JDK 11 and OpenJFX 11, and would like to continue using the packager and the associated packager service (i.e. the UserJvmOptions).
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>> AFAIK, those are gone from the available binary builds, but still there in the code. Is there a way to use them without resorting to build openjfx myself? If not, is there some alternative to the UserJvmOptions?
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>> (I'm currently working around my problems by building both openjfx and the JDK, and bundling openjfx with the JDK, just like in the good old days...)
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>> Best regards,
>>
>> /Lennart Börjeson
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