OpenJFX status update

[Nir Lisker]

I see, sorry about the false flag.

On Fri, May 18, 2018 at 11:13 PM, Kevin Rushforth <
kevin.rushforth at oracle.com> wrote:

> I was somewhat imprecise. That should have read:
>
> We still expect to do a release of JavaFX 11 around the same time as JDK
> 11, but using a different **JBS release version** will help track the
> actual content of JavaFX 11 separately from JDK 11.
>
>
> The JavaFX version is still 11 as reported by the value of the system
> property "javafx.version" and in the names of the release bundles. No
> changes are needed. We are just prefixing the release value in JBS with
> "openjfx" before the "11" to distinguish it from the JDK 11 release.
>
> After JavaFX 11, we could have a discussion on whether to make the next
> version "12" or something else.
>
> -- Kevin
>
>
> On 5/18/2018 12:05 PM, Nir Lisker wrote:
>
> 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.
>
>
>  Iv'e just realized that not releasing JavaFX with version number 11 will
> cause confusion with all the '@since 11' tags. We could search for all
> '@since 11' and replace them with the new version number (maybe much to the
> confusion of users since it breaks continuity).
>
> - Nir
>
> On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 12:59 AM, 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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