From owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Thu Feb 21 21:18:39 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE22814F1520 for ; Thu, 21 Feb 2019 21:18:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mureninc@gmail.com) Received: from mail-oi1-f182.google.com (mail-oi1-f182.google.com [209.85.167.182]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 483B08E0AA; Thu, 21 Feb 2019 21:18:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mureninc@gmail.com) Received: by mail-oi1-f182.google.com with SMTP id g16so73739oib.1; Thu, 21 Feb 2019 13:18:39 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=sRfeajHqDJ5jynQI5qauTvFDa1xiSVKpOTgQDs90dUA=; b=PGDsTVMWzT7QDXPdegGQm3mB21c963WuJkSnZiCBzvww973jQP0Qnn9/VBjS+ydmre rGwQHAwX8aG8olQ5qTJjSls1W+jNvvGCaEphT/8NY9BaENle0SqonoUfQoKjgQtgxttl hdkhqHIz0HGbGdVUvKTY3FyLHoHjIZD4Yoc4Zu+va4YiMBNsrjD1eL59xbzULmV3yUcO YyEc6WUdTmklqLLkxfYc8RUwhdUd5ST28tZP7S6z92EGxAORboN+QXDk3k+ziTcNh1g+ 0dp77V6KlFtKoRPZAl4/291YHL8K+XMcmM5GoINBuFc8EuEwqFK1VSfVjBnxeJQ/QfXN ea4w== X-Gm-Message-State: AHQUAuafgl1+x8snRuGayZAaQkjsD98F/bRBBeugAQ1/x6MP+cQn9z7+ Nbm1hjkySZ34lcAXqhtXe0ayPeveFRoy2X1zfrKeJb4Gmsk= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AHgI3IbFb2cGjiMXESogBoBMo2A0wotnuV3dtPPEbK+S2E1G0hNV4dWTW2Z3Lqq323sVwT//T6ORdJoDqZmPQ0tVLSw= X-Received: by 2002:aca:b208:: with SMTP id b8mr4049569oif.40.1550766775573; Thu, 21 Feb 2019 08:32:55 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20190221101815.GU2748@home.opsec.eu> In-Reply-To: <20190221101815.GU2748@home.opsec.eu> From: "Constantine A. Murenin" Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2019 10:32:43 -0600 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Java support To: Kurt Jaeger Cc: Aristedes Maniatis , freebsd-stable , "Constantine A. Murenin" X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 483B08E0AA X-Spamd-Bar: ------ Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-6.94 / 15.00]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; TAGGED_RCPT(0.00)[]; REPLY(-4.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.94)[-0.941,0]; TAGGED_FROM(0.00)[] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.29 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2019 21:18:39 -0000 On Thu, 21 Feb 2019 at 04:19, Kurt Jaeger 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.