Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2019 00:12:32 -0500 From: Charlie Li <ml+freebsd@vishwin.info> To: Aristedes Maniatis <ari@ish.com.au> Cc: Kurt Jaeger <pi@freebsd.org>, freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Java support Message-ID: <1942e86e-8a6a-d5ca-c701-abb1036b5ee2@vishwin.info> In-Reply-To: <eb7d9cf0-3e69-531b-7b67-0bfb91a58478@ish.com.au> References: <ddc30389-8d68-2168-700a-d66c6de90c79@ish.com.au> <20190221101815.GU2748@home.opsec.eu> <eb7d9cf0-3e69-531b-7b67-0bfb91a58478@ish.com.au>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --WybwWlOEDytkW63jXBDir7GdhzG4ggKAH Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="O3An6z3qZQPNN7zWLOvtk7a9HTOR3yG8e"; protected-headers="v1" From: Charlie Li <ml+freebsd@vishwin.info> To: Aristedes Maniatis <ari@ish.com.au> Cc: Kurt Jaeger <pi@freebsd.org>, freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Message-ID: <1942e86e-8a6a-d5ca-c701-abb1036b5ee2@vishwin.info> Subject: Re: Java support References: <ddc30389-8d68-2168-700a-d66c6de90c79@ish.com.au> <20190221101815.GU2748@home.opsec.eu> <eb7d9cf0-3e69-531b-7b67-0bfb91a58478@ish.com.au> In-Reply-To: <eb7d9cf0-3e69-531b-7b67-0bfb91a58478@ish.com.au> --O3An6z3qZQPNN7zWLOvtk7a9HTOR3yG8e Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-GB-large Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 21/02/2019 18:00, Aristedes Maniatis wrote: > 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 ? >=20 >=20 > 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. >=20 > https://access.redhat.com/articles/1299013 >=20 >=20 > 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, an= d > 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. >=20 I don't think this is beyond the open source community's capabilities at all; quite the opposite. The real crux is individual priorities. Please refer to the following PR: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D222568 The last comment there is exactly the point of what I had typed in an earlier incarnation of this email message before I had some second thoughts on just how rude it could come off. --=20 Charlie Li Can't think of a witty .sigline today=E2=80=A6 (This email address is for mailing list use; replace local-part with vishwin for off-list communication if possible) --O3An6z3qZQPNN7zWLOvtk7a9HTOR3yG8e-- --WybwWlOEDytkW63jXBDir7GdhzG4ggKAH Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEE/3/Cqr5a+41PbEb+jnB43vIDq2wFAlxvhMUACgkQjnB43vID q2zXZRAArrD4MIytN4zNXn2ejxCkh4FX8KJRm48TRxoDz/ldN2U4CnPtLoPKzrlH sdFdlvlkQoo8CBCv2S04rZyj9xpqvToh8Our23pJAuUg0UJsV/OaRexO1QuaRkzQ b9MMJEJTWtXnc6YhEM8ODh6l5VGmUbfBluAabFzXtPagdR3Ww05ZYdSTkKkBPw+R HzvchSmZPL6upEoCATVcRCdBinR6tHQeSDgA+6qwlNcamWATj5bExaVkOoC0ZBv+ pOoYRPOI3c5fDm42usoBC6TKizjuP66vWxLprdxXF7IJ5Ikf9V1bh18QC+QuinD3 J+G0cDKAI+KzdTS7Izco9sy+ioi29yVr3XlqeNbchGp710hg4mXcUIornlHCfoCf Zt6NqOzu/uXEhYZdelZy57lBCeOYiy5TFi1zV+8Sudce2C+RGexBYSAfi5mBwOKN /eewB15qIyUrR6EabGHuKiWgmkAhmmllrkxV2K+JVkFxGrzBG69CnGh0hzBzDhBm qQC/D1e7TmT80hMyEORdP4u4rCabZU4hIrzRyFMB5oseAdMHhKF6VGo/la5F+Q+l tcX+5VCpc5lS2cyEz0k45OjcyKe9/nlKZRS4p1m53F400qrrRvcizZqhb3c5SEcG +AKVlA+v31BHvAQWnKGRuPQs6Zss2zjy0ChZEVp1OlGRnH+CtwI= =L109 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --WybwWlOEDytkW63jXBDir7GdhzG4ggKAH--
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?1942e86e-8a6a-d5ca-c701-abb1036b5ee2>