[Info-vax] HPE ever release V/I64 JRE V8.0 kit?

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 5/14/2019 6:13 PM, DeanW wrote:
> On Sat, May 11, 2019 at 4:50 PM Arne Vajhøj via Info-vax 
> <info-vax at rbnsn.com <mailto:info-vax at rbnsn.com>> wrote:
> 
>     It is worth mentioning that since version 11 then JRE have also
>     disappeared for other platforms.
> 
>     So maybe it is time stop thinking JRE.
> 
> 
> Java went "modular" in 9 or 10;

9

>                                  you install the JDK, and then build an 
> installer which will include the modules  you need. So goes the theory.

jlink?

I think it is a sligtly different approach. But I have not looked much
into it. There are other aspects of the module system that I find more
interesting.

> They also rolled JavaFX back *out*, and for (at least) OpenJDK11 / 
> OpenJFX11 the JavaFX packager is AWOL, so we had to redo our build 
> scripts (hello, Maven) and learn some other new tricks along the way to 
> build something distributable.

JavaFX got removed and they are supposedly considering moving
AWT & Swing out in the future as well.

They seem to be targeting a "slim core Java with addons for context
specific functionality" model.

Arne