Hi NB dev team,
As we all know, NB cannot be built using Java 9. With 9 way past its
GA, it seems to pose a roadblock
for new contributors, as they need to switch between 9 and 8
environments for contributing.
I was wondering, what exactly blocks the j9 builds? As far as I can
remember, the ant script tries to download
the javac, self-compile it and then build an ant bootstrap with it,
which fails.
Can someone more knowledgeable in this area of Netbeans/ant shed more
light on the issue? Why exactly do
we need the special ant bootstrap and why do we have to redownload and
self-compile the javac?
There may be some people out there who would volunteer to work on this.
Myself included, but I cannot make any promises right now.
Thanks,
Martin
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