Not too impressed by Amazon Correto. So far they only provide .msi, .rpm, etc, with no .zip/.tgz in sight. If you look at their .msi it doesn't actually seem to be doing anything else than unpacking. Doesn't even set PATH. Then why distribute as an .msi ?
I'm waiting for someone to provide JDK as a .tgz/.zip bundle as it used to be the case (AdoptOpenJDK has got this right), preferably to be exposed in such a way so it can be fetched automatically by a build farm without requiring popup accept of license. Heck, I hope someone will publish JDK into a Maven repo some day so that the whole bundling idea can finally be realized without hazzle. I'm hoping that distributing self-contained NetBeans Platform applications would become easier in the future. Amazon Corretto doesn't help in this respect. But yes, great to see diversity and Amazon's initiative is for sure a testament to the JDK's omnipresence. Lars On Wed, Nov 14, 2018 at 10:47 AM Geertjan Wielenga <[email protected]> wrote: > > https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/opensource/amazon-corretto-no-cost-distribution-openjdk-long-term-support/ > > Gj > > On Wed, Nov 14, 2018 at 10:45 AM Geertjan Wielenga < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > Just announced at Devoxx in Belgium: > > > > https://twitter.com/search?q=amazon+corretto > > > > - Downstream distribution of the Open JDK. > > - No-cost long-term support. > > - At least quarterly releases. > > - Drop-in replacement. > > - Multiplatform - Linux, Windows, Mac, Docker > > > > And it appears to be driven by James Gosling, founder of Java, and > > probably the most famous NetBeans enthusiast. > > > > I believe we should consider orientating ourselves around Amazon > Corretto. > > > > Gj > > >
