Repositories, AdoptOpenJDK and github

[Michael Ennen]

Thanks for taking the initiative, Johan.

I have opened two PRs that add support for Travis CI and Appveyor
continuous integration (which can be used to build pull requests and
the master branch after a merge (or using a cron-timer) automatically).

This will allow sandboxers to test their code on all 3 major supported
platforms: Linux, macOS, and Windows.

Regards,
Michael

On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 8:14 AM, Johan Vos <johan.vos at gluonhq.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I did 2 things:
> * I talked to the fine and great people at AdoptOpenJDK (
> https://adoptopenjdk.net/) and they are happy to have their build farm
> being used to create OpenJFX modules (including the native libraries). We
> are currently looking at the scripts that are being used for syncing and
> building OpenJDK, and the sync script is already in place.
>
> * While on the subject of syncing, I used a similar script to create and
> sync a mirror of OpenJFX at github. It is now available at
> https://github.com//javafxports/openjdk-jfx
> (planning to sync at least a few times a day, by pulling in the latest
> changes from OpenJFX).
>
> This is a sandbox repository, and it won't be used to automatically
> generate builds from.
> If you want to play with the source, add features, fix bugs, work on
> documentation, you can fork this repository. If you want to contribute, you
> can create PR's. The idea is that OpenJFX committers can merge PR's in this
> repository. That doesn't automatically upstream them to OpenJFX, but if an
> OpenJFX committer agrees with your PR, he can use the existing webrev
> system at OpenJFX to start the process of merging it into OpenJFX.
> Since a PR might be used to merge code in OpenJFX, it is required that you
> have an OCA (see
> http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/community/oca-486395.html for
> more info).
>
> In summary, the flow might look like this:
> 1. Developer forks the github repo, enhances it, and creates a PR.
> 2. He discusses it with a committer, and eventually the PR is accepted.
> 3. The committer creates a webrev and an OpenJFX Reviewer reviews.
> 4. If accepted, that code is merged into OpenJFX.
> 5. The AdoptOpenJFX build farm creates a build including that new code.
>
> Note that this creates additional work for the current OpenJFX committers
> (including myself). Please be patient and helpful if you raise a PR. I
> expect PR's to be well tested and documented. A PR is not just an idea with
> some code being thrown over the wall.
>
> JavaFX has been Open Source for a very long time. By having the code also
> as a github mirror, I hope we can attract more people, and get more
> attention to this great project, while preserving the high quality that is
> really needed to keep JavaFX aligned with the high standards that people
> expect from the Java platform.
>
> Thanks,
>
> - Johan
>