Mastodawn

Will #OpenJFX get merged into #OpenJDK again? It would be a perfect match with the Java on Mobile project! Some exciting developments are happening in the Java world... There’s a growing discussion about bringing #JavaFX back into the OpenJDK, and it couldn’t come at a better time, especially with @johanvos and the team at @gluonhq working hard on making Java a first-class citizen on mobile platforms.

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Will OpenJFX Be Merged Into OpenJDK? It Would Be a Perfect Match with Java on Mobile!

While looking for articles for the JFX Central Links Of The Week, I found this very interesting article by Paul Krill on InfoWorld. It’s based on an …

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blobjim

@frankdelporte Please please keep javafx as separate maven artifacts and not bundled into the JDK. Being able to actually use dependency management was a huge improvement. A nice thing about JARs is you can use the same JVM for all your applications. If it's in the JDK, you either have a JVM install that has or doesn't have the libraries you need, and you have to change your JVM installation instead of updating a few lines in a project's pom.xml.

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Frank Delporte Nov 6

@blobjim I'm only the reporter, I'm not merging anything ;-) And if this happens, it will also change some of the runtime options we have regarding JVMs and OpenJDK distributions. So while I find this all fascinating, if it happens, it will take time. Your feedback, along with that of others, will guide this process...