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Corretto – No-cost, multiplatform, developer-preview distribution of OpenJDK

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Re: Corretto – No-cost, multiplatform, developer-preview distribution of OpenJDK

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Post by vorg »

matrix wrote: post #79

This is good news for Groovy developers since the Groovy project seems to have run into significant roadblocks with migrating to Java 9+. I'd recommend most other developers on the JVM rip that bandaid off now and get onto Java 11 though, because migrating is not going to get any cheaper or easier.

The roadblocks for Apache Groovy migrating to version 3 are imposed by Groovy's backers themselves. They want to keep it as is for as long as possible to keep Gradle users hooked. If a non-compatible Groovy 3.0 comes out, then Gradle users would more likely upgrade from Groovy 2.x to Kotlin instead of to Groovy 3.0 for their build scripting language. The ASF Groovy project managers want to keep their consulting-and-conferences gravy train running for as long as they can.

Re: Corretto – No-cost, multiplatform, developer-preview distribution of OpenJDK

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Post by illumin8 »

zandl wrote: post #69
znep wrote: post #34

The list of specific patches applied is here: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/corretto/latest/corretto-8-ug/pa... Looks to be mostly or maybe entirely backports. Good to see another option out there, it will be interesting to see how many of these get folded back into openjdk8 as it transfers maintainership.

Amazon has good developers, but the JVM is quite complex and the pool of people who can work on it is pretty rare, I wonder how well they’ll be able to maintain it on their own.

I imagine having James Gosling on staff will help quite a bit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Gosling

Re: Corretto – No-cost, multiplatform, developer-preview distribution of OpenJDK

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Post by meathouse »

wjoe wrote: post #139
meathouse wrote: post #101

can i get an eli5 on why we care about this? why not contribute to openjdk? why do we need another flavor?

As of the latest version of Java, OpenJDK is equivalent to Oracle JDK, and they'll release new versions every 6 month. However, there won't be any security updates or bug fixes to OpenJDK versions from Oracle after 6 months. There's a few groups that plan on maintaining patches beyond that period, but most options involve paying someone (including Oracle). It's mostly just about enterprise distribution, rather than a…

thank you. makes more sense now. much appreciated.

Re: Corretto – No-cost, multiplatform, developer-preview distribution of OpenJDK

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Post by yrro »

setquk wrote: post #94
yrro wrote: post #75

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Are the binary plugs that Oracle did not release the source supported? Are the articles that Red Had publishes ever proof read?

> Red Had :)

I think there's a law about this happening...

Re: Corretto – No-cost, multiplatform, developer-preview distribution of OpenJDK

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Post by bni »

coldtea wrote: post #117
zandl wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Amazon has good developers, but the JVM is quite complex and the pool of people who can work on it is pretty rare, I wonder how well they’ll be able to maintain it on their own.

> Amazon has good developers, but the JVM is quite complex and the pool of people who can work on it is pretty rare, I wonder how well they’ll be able to maintain it on their own. Several old (e.g. SUN) Java devs have left Oracle in the last years, so there's that.

Many ex Sun engineers went to AWS much earlier than that.
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