Removal of apps/scenebuilder from OpenJFX repo

Michael Paus mp at jugs.org
Fri Mar 2 17:20:11 UTC 2018


I  think it's a good idea to remove all unnecessary, outdated or dead 
code from the repo.
That makes the build faster and also makes it easier to get an overview 
of what actually
belongs to the JavaFX core.
--Michael

Am 02.03.18 um 18:12 schrieb Kevin Rushforth:
> I filed the following JBS isuse to remova the SceneBuilder sources 
> from the OpenJFX repo.
>
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8198961
>
> As mentioned in the Description of that issue, the OpenJFX repo 
> contains the source code for a no-longer-maintained version of the 
> SceneBuilder tool. Active development on SceneBuilder in the OpenJFX 
> repo was stopped over three years ago. Since that time, the only 
> changes have been either jigsaw-related changes to keep it buildable 
> and runnable, or global changes that happened to touch some of the 
> files in apps/scenebuilder.
>
> A fork of SceneBuilder is maintained by Gluon, so anyone wanting to 
> get the latest SceneBuilder should go there.
>
> Before I proceed, I wanted to poll the list to see whether anyone has 
> a concern with this. I don't plan to take any action for at least a week.
>
> -- Kevin
>



More information about the openjfx-dev mailing list