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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Iosevka Fixed SS16"">I think the incubator module is a great idea: it allows us to elicit feedback from the platform consumers (the actual target group) rather than a small subset of developers
active on the mailing list, however great those people might be. And being an incubator module, it allows us to send two clear signals:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Iosevka Fixed SS16"">- the proposed API and implementation are not final<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Iosevka Fixed SS16"">- you, the developers, have a chance to have your voice heard and acted upon by the platform<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Iosevka Fixed SS16"">I think it's a win-win for everyone involved.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Iosevka Fixed SS16"">-andy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">openjfx-dev <openjfx-dev-retn@openjdk.org> on behalf of Kevin Rushforth <kevin.rushforth@oracle.com><br>
<b>Date: </b>Friday, November 1, 2024 at 15:18<br>
<b>To: </b>openjfx-dev <openjfx-dev@openjdk.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: Proposal: JavaFX Incubator Modules<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I'm restarting the discussion from an earlier thread [0], along with a
<br>
PR to get the support for JavaFX incubator modules integrated ahead of <br>
any particular feature that might use them.<br>
<br>
JEP 11 [1] defines a process for delivering non-final JDK APIs in <br>
incubator modules.<br>
<br>
Similarly, some JavaFX APIs would benefit from spending a period of time <br>
in a JavaFX release prior to being deemed stable. I propose JavaFX <br>
incubator modules as a means of putting non-final API in the hands of <br>
developers, while the API progresses towards either finalization or <br>
removal in a future release. This is especially useful for complex <br>
features with a large API surface.<br>
<br>
The JavaFX proposal is largely the same as the JDK one, but has some <br>
important differences that are listed in the JEP.<br>
<br>
Please take a look at the updated proposal [2] and PR 1616 [3] that adds <br>
the needed support for incubator modules.<br>
<br>
I have also created a Draft PR [4] with an example module, for <br>
illustrative purposes only, to show how this might work. This Draft PR <br>
is based on PR 1616.<br>
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Please reply to this message with any feedback, or add PR comments in PR <br>
1616.<br>
<br>
Thank you.<br>
<br>
-- Kevin<br>
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[0] <a href="https://mail.openjdk.org/pipermail/openjfx-dev/2024-February/045508.html">
https://mail.openjdk.org/pipermail/openjfx-dev/2024-February/045508.html</a><br>
[1] <a href="https://openjdk.org/jeps/11">https://openjdk.org/jeps/11</a><br>
[2] <br>
<a href="https://github.com/kevinrushforth/jfx/blob/jfx.incubator/INCUBATOR-MODULES.md">https://github.com/kevinrushforth/jfx/blob/jfx.incubator/INCUBATOR-MODULES.md</a><br>
[4] <a href="https://github.com/openjdk/jfx/pull/1616">https://github.com/openjdk/jfx/pull/1616</a><br>
[5] <a href="https://github.com/openjdk/jfx/pull/1617">https://github.com/openjdk/jfx/pull/1617</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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