Re: NB Platform Apps and JRE bundles with Java 9

The Oracle JDK builds are not the best ones to use for re-distribution--they include proprietary add-ons that come with various legal caveats (see https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/12/16/oracle_targets_java_users_non_compliance/ ).

A better distribution is Zulu<http://zulu.org/>--it's just plain OpenJDK, with no proprietary Oracle stuff in it. Java is open-source after all, so anyone can make a distribution.

For JDK 9, see http://zulu.org/zulu-9-pre-release-downloads/ .

-- Eirik


From: Peter Hansson <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
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Date: Monday, April 17, 2017 at 3:40 AM
To: "[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
Subject: [platform-dev] NB Platform Apps and JRE bundles with Java 9


Just a few questions on how the NBI infrastructure will work with Java 9.

Currently with Java <9, Oracle distributes ZIPs or tar.gz's for *all* platforms. This is important as it allows us NB Platform App developers to bundle a JRE with our application. I don't know if it is deliberate but the JDK9 EAP doesn't (at the moment) allow for downloading a relocatable package for Mac OS X and Windows. If this is a sign of things to come then we are in serious trouble.

Anyone knows this?

Peter

JDK9 EAP download:   https://jdk9.java.net/download/