OpenJFX status update

[Michael Ennen]

Alright great, no complaints from me then :).

On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 1:08 PM, Kevin Rushforth <kevin.rushforth at oracle.com
> wrote:

> Yes, the source code for javapackager is fully open source.
>
> -- Kevin
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> On 5/16/2018 1:05 PM, Michael Ennen wrote:
>
> Is the source code for javapackager fully open source?
>
> Thanks.
>
> On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 10:08 AM, Kevin Rushforth <
> kevin.rushforth at oracle.com> wrote:
>
>> The javapackager was removed from the Oracle JDK along with JavaFX (and
>> has never been part of OpenJDK). It isn't included with the standalone
>> JavaFX bundles, and doesn't really fit in a standalone FX release.
>>
>> We are looking at the possibility of providing a replacement packaging
>> tool in OpenJDK.
>>
>> -- Kevin
>>
>>
>> On 5/15/2018 3:16 PM, Alan Snyder wrote:
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>>> Where does java packager fit in this?
>>>
>>>
>>> On May 15, 2018, at 2:59 PM, Kevin Rushforth <kevin.rushforth at oracle.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I wanted to update you on the progress of the last couple weeks on the
>>>> OpenJFX project:
>>>>
>>>> 1. As mentioned last week, we now have EA builds of OpenJFX 11 on
>>>> java.net [1]. We intend to update this roughly weekly. Currently the
>>>> build numbers match the corresponding JDK build number, but that will not
>>>> necessarily be the case going forward, so don't assume that they are in
>>>> sync.
>>>>
>>>> 2. Barring any build or staging issues, this week's OpenJFX 11 EA build
>>>> will include the jmods as mentioned earlier [2] [3]
>>>>
>>>> 3. JavaFX has been removed from JDK 11 as of this week. Starting with
>>>> jdk-11+14, early access builds of JDK 11 will not include JavaFX.
>>>>
>>>> 4. After jdk-11+14 is posted on java.net, and FX is no longer included
>>>> in JDK 11, we will start using openjfx-11 as the fix version in JBS to
>>>> distinguish it from JDK 11. We still expect to do a release of JavaFX 11
>>>> around the same time as JDK 11, but using a different release number will
>>>> help track the actual content of JavaFX 11 separately from JDK 11.
>>>>
>>>> 5. Once this settles down, possibly later this week, I hope to restart
>>>> the discussion about OpenJFX policies, etc. I also hope to be a bit more
>>>> responsive over the coming days / weeks than I have been for the last 3-4
>>>> weeks. Getting the standalone OpenJFX working and removing JavaFX from the
>>>> JDK was quite time consuming as you can probably imagine.
>>>>
>>>> If you have any general comments or questions about any of this, please
>>>> reply to this thread. We may want to split out more detailed discussions
>>>> into their own thread to make it easier to follow.
>>>>
>>>> -- Kevin
>>>>
>>>> [1] http://jdk.java.net/openjfx/
>>>>
>>>> [2] http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/openjfx-dev/2018-May/
>>>> 021856.html
>>>> [3] https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8202368
>>>>
>>>>
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> --
> Michael Ennen
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Michael Ennen