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> On Nov 14, 2018, at 9:50 AM, Christian Bourque <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> 
> LJC?
> 
> On Wed, Nov 14, 2018 at 12:19 PM Kodewerk <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> The LJC is distributing using different formats.
>> 
>> — Kirk
>> 
>> 
>>> On Nov 14, 2018, at 9:01 AM, Lars Bruun-Hansen <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 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
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>> 
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