OpenJFX status update

[Kevin Rushforth]

Sure. No problem.

-- Kevin


On 5/18/2018 1:22 PM, Nir Lisker wrote:
> I see, sorry about the false flag.
>
> On Fri, May 18, 2018 at 11:13 PM, Kevin Rushforth 
> <kevin.rushforth at oracle.com <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <http://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 <http://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
>>         <http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/openjfx-dev/2018-May/021856.html>
>>         [3] https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8202368
>>         <https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8202368>
>>
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