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 ? > > > 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. > 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=222568 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. -- Charlie Li Can't think of a witty .sigline today… (This email address is for mailing list use; replace local-part with vishwin for off-list communication if possible)
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