Hi!> With the Java FreeBSD mailing list pretty quiet, I thought I might ask > here whether anyone was working on porting the latest Java versions over > to FreeBSD.There's the openjdk port, java/openjdk8. You are asking about input from the FreeBSD community to openjdk9, 10 and 11 ?> While Java 8 will be quite satisfactory for a while, the longer Java > advances without BSD patches the harder it will be to bring across all > the good work done for Java 8 on FreeBSD.This is correct.> Are there plans for the Foundation to sponsor some work in this area?Your point is, that the FreeBSD community should do regular testbuilds for https://github.com/AdoptOpenJDK/openjdk-jdk9u/ https://github.com/AdoptOpenJDK/openjdk-jdk10u/ https://github.com/AdoptOpenJDK/openjdk-jdk11u/ and provide patches if something does not build or work, right ? And, if necessary, fund someone to do that work ? -- pi at opsec.eu +49 171 3101372 One year to go !
On Thu, 21 Feb 2019 at 04:19, Kurt Jaeger <pi at freebsd.org> wrote:> Hi! > > > With the Java FreeBSD mailing list pretty quiet, I thought I might ask > > here whether anyone was working on porting the latest Java versions over > > to FreeBSD. > > There's the openjdk port, java/openjdk8. > > You are asking about input from the FreeBSD community to openjdk9, 10 and > 11 ? > > > While Java 8 will be quite satisfactory for a while, the longer Java > > advances without BSD patches the harder it will be to bring across all > > the good work done for Java 8 on FreeBSD. > > This is correct. > > > Are there plans for the Foundation to sponsor some work in this area? > > Your point is, that the FreeBSD community should do regular testbuilds for > > https://github.com/AdoptOpenJDK/openjdk-jdk9u/ > https://github.com/AdoptOpenJDK/openjdk-jdk10u/ > https://github.com/AdoptOpenJDK/openjdk-jdk11u/ > > and provide patches if something does not build or work, right ? > > And, if necessary, fund someone to do that work ?Just looking at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_version_history, it would appear that Java 9 and Java 10 are no longer supported, and, FWIIW, Java 8 is actually planned to be supported longer than Java 11, at least in the context of AdoptOpenJDK, so, there's that. C.
On 21/2/19 9:18pm, Kurt Jaeger wrote:> Are there plans for the Foundation to sponsor some work in this area? > Your point is, that the FreeBSD community should do regular testbuilds for > > https://github.com/AdoptOpenJDK/openjdk-jdk9u/ > https://github.com/AdoptOpenJDK/openjdk-jdk10u/ > https://github.com/AdoptOpenJDK/openjdk-jdk11u/ > > and provide patches if something does not build or work, right ? > > And, if necessary, fund someone to do that work ?Yes. Although I don't think there is a need to worry about the short term releases 9 and 10. Only the LTS branches like JDK11 are being supported by many OS vendors. https://access.redhat.com/articles/1299013 My concern is that it might be beyond the capability of the open source community to do the amount of work required here in a timely manner, and so this might be an opportunity for the Foundation to step in and and ensure this vital work is done. Perhaps ongoing maintenance is easier once AdoptOpenJDK is brought up to speed on the BSD bits required. Functioning Java is (IMO) a critical part of a modern server operating system. Cheers Ari