Re: Debian-Java 2025 wishlists
- package http://raphael.jolly.free.fr/linoleum/
merry chistmasOn Dec 24, 2024 11:57, Julien Plissonneau Duquène <sre4ever@free.fr> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Here is my very optimistic Debian Java/JVM wishlist for 2025:
>
> - upgrade Gradle, Groovy, Kotlin
> - package GraalVM
> - upgrade Android SDKs
> - package SBT
> - package Kafka
> - package IDEA CE
> - package Android Studio
> - fix javadoc issues (reproducibility, reliability, jquery, links...)
> - negotiate a way to bring back the JDKs 8 and 11 to stable (e.g. as
> backports; they are convenient for testing and building some stuff)
> - upgrade/fix/improve the java tooling and documentation
> - autopkgtests for packages known/likely to cause issues after upgrades
> (e.g. build tools)
> - deprecate jsr305
> - create an install-java-source tool that builds and installs source
> zips from debian source packages (instead of having binary packages of
> sources in the archive)
> - start migrating repositories to DEP-14
> - opt-in for janitor upstream releases imports and more minor fixes
> - update system maven repo specs and implementation (e.g. version
> ranges, signed artifacts, ...)
> - review and update the java policy
>
> If anyone is hesitating to post to the list you have the option to
> e-mail me off-list, and I will confirm that I received your message. In
> theory I would even accept anonymous emails, but unfortunately those are
> likely to be rejected by the receiving server.
>
> By the way I finally found out what the issue was with Kotlin and I'm
> finishing a workaround to make it possible to rebuild it with Java 21.
>
> Best wishes and happy celebrations,
>
> --
> Julien Plissonneau Duquène
>
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