git: 3bef153587 - main - Status/2025Q4/jdk21default.adoc: Add report
Lorenzo Salvadore <[email protected]>
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The branch main has been updated by salvadore: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=3bef15358724bd539d043bf47160230ebd27f63e commit 3bef15358724bd539d043bf47160230ebd27f63e Author: Ronald Klop <[email protected]> AuthorDate: 2025-12-26 10:03:32 +0000 Commit: Lorenzo Salvadore <[email protected]> CommitDate: 2025-12-30 11:42:03 +0000 Status/2025Q4/jdk21default.adoc: Add report Pull Request: https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-doc/pull/583 --- .../report-2025-10-2025-12/jdk21default.adoc | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+) diff --git a/website/content/en/status/report-2025-10-2025-12/jdk21default.adoc b/website/content/en/status/report-2025-10-2025-12/jdk21default.adoc new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..73af045335 --- /dev/null +++ b/website/content/en/status/report-2025-10-2025-12/jdk21default.adoc @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +=== Ports -- Make OpenJDK 21 the default JAVA_VERSION + +Links: +link:https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=272855[Issue 272855] URL: link:https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=272855[] + +link:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17hmRQ0ShY4SHHVEkQBVxqK2G88fPZLriTzO26zXdjC4/edit?usp=sharing[Sheet tracking Work in Progress] URL: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17hmRQ0ShY4SHHVEkQBVxqK2G88fPZLriTzO26zXdjC4/edit?usp=sharing + +Contact: Ronald Klop <[email protected]> + +The default JAVA_VERSION in FreeBSD ports is still OpenJDK 8. +It is time to upgrade this to a more modern version like OpenJDK 21. +We need to test and fix all ports using Java to build or run with JDK 21, or pin JAVA_VERSION in the port to the latest supported version. + +The work is being tracked in PR 272855 and a Google Sheet for more details. +Already more than half of the ports that failed a test run is fixed. + +If you have experience with Java and the ports system you are invited to help. +I think it is reasonable to have the ports in shape for the JAVA_VERSION=21 setting in February 2026. + +Plan: + +* Check the last 12 ports and create a PR or commit +* Commit the PRs that are timeing out on maintainer feedback +* Ask for another exp-run +* If done, increase JAVA_VERSION