Re: [gentoo-dev] Java 9 on Gentoo

[William L. Thomson Jr.]

On Thu, 16 Nov 2017 21:42:59 -0600
Matthew Thode <prometheanfire@g.o> wrote:
>
> You seem to know a bit about this, has there been a bug made outlining
> the troubles we will encounter as you know them?

No, I feel I am already doing more than I should to help given my past
treatment. I have been making most issues with potential resolutions
know in #gentoo-java for the past ~48 hours. I have been spending
most time fixing stuff in my overlay. As I have been for over a year.
https://github.com/Obsidian-StudiosInc/os-xtoo

>  It's nice to have a warning, but sounding alarmist without concrete
> help doesn't actually help all that much.

People have been asking in #gentoo-java about Java 9. I was simply
letting everyone know it would be some time before that is likely to be
the case. That alone was a courtesy to others.

It does not take much to find out there are considerable issues with
Java 9 from most any web search. For anyone who cares, most do not.
Thus the present state of Java on Gentoo. Which I have brought up many
times over the past years. A new major version taking some time should
not be of surprise to anyone given that fact.

If you recall I got banned from Github over commenting on Java 9 early
access PR. I have also commented on another since.
https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/1721
https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/6033

You can see the history of jdk 9 I put in my overlay almost a year ago.
That could have been in Gentoo. I maintained EA builds till release...
Dec 5, 2016
https://github.com/Obsidian-StudiosInc/os-xtoo/commit/f90d8b21c39dbe8684e0951b845c43fae2ba6cfc#diff-0ecef02a46ed32d29b482614d71d229f
https://github.com/Obsidian-StudiosInc/os-xtoo/commits/master/dev-java/oracle-jdk-bin

I have done all I can. This is the visible result of blocking people,
with no one else wiling to do the work. I am playing catch up now.

-- 
William L. Thomson Jr.