On Wed, Apr 04, 2018 at 11:15:59AM +0200, Bas Couwenberg wrote: > On 2018-04-04 10:24, Emmanuel Bourg wrote: > > Le 04/04/2018 à 09:48, Matthias Klose a écrit : > > > > > I wouldn't spend any time on that. We are moving towards 11, and > > > openjfx is > > > split out there. So yes, maybe packages have to drop openjfx support > > > for some time. > > > > +1, Oracle has announced last month [1] that JavaFX would be decoupled > > from Java 11, so my integration plan with the OpenJDK package is moot. > > > > I wonder if it's worth uploading a new openjfx-9 package now (FTP > > masters would have to review a fairly big package that would be obsolete > > on arrival) or waiting for the 11 release in September before moving on. > > It's probably not worth it, although having at least 5 months until the > openjfx RC bugs can be fixed (when the package doesn't work without it) is a > bit long. > > I'm personally fine with disabling openjfx in josm for the time being. On behalf of jabref 4.x and the new r-deps we have been working to get into Debian, ouch! Think we'll have to find some other way (PPAs or something) to support JabRef users. That said, I understand the decision. My question is how much time do we think we'll have between the acceptance of an openjfx package and the release. 6 months? A year? Thanks, tony
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