Also we could use the java c compiler to build machine code for win32 in future. No license problem if the compiler is part of our build toolset.
Am 3. Oktober 2017 23:18:12 MESZ schrieb Marcus <marcus.m...@wtnet.de>: >Am 03.10.2017 um 22:26 schrieb Kay Schenk: >> On Tue, Oct 3, 2017 at 8:02 AM, Fernando Cassia <fcas...@gmail.com> >wrote: >> >>> On 10/3/17, Damjan Jovanovic <dam...@apache.org> wrote: >>>> Now what: >>>> 1. Ship our own builds of OpenJDK, in matching bitness. Do the >licences >>>> (GPL for JVM, GPL-with-classpath-exception for class library) allow >us >>> to? >>>> 2. Drop Windows as a platform, since it's the only affected >platform >>> (*nix >>>> users usually install distro OpenJDK packages so 32 bit OpenJDK >will be >>>> available for 32 bit AOO). We have no Win64 AOO. >>>> 3. Drop 32 bit versions of AOO and add Win64 support. >>>> 4. Or drop Java entirely and port our Java code to eg. .NET core, >which >>> is >>>> liberally licensed and private copies of it can be shipped? >>>> >>>> Damjan >>> >>> Tempest in a teapot. You do know that Oracle isn't the only provider >>> of Java or OpenJDK, right? >>> >>> Options >>> 1. You can buiild your own 32-bit x86 binary based on OpenJDK >sources. >>> 2. make AOO compile OK on 64 bit thus making AOO a 64-bit Windows >app, >>> able to use any 64-bit JRE (Oracle JRE, IBM JRE, Azul's Zulu JRE) >>> 3. Have you asked Azul Systems if they can provide a 32-bit build? >>> 4. Compile the Java code in AOO as native with Java 9's AOT >compiler? >>> http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/295 >>> >>> Just my $0.02 >>> FC >>> >>> >> As a bystander, I'm wondering just how alarming this news is to >Apache >> OpenOffice. > >IMHO not at all. Java 9 was published just 2 weeks ago. So, it will >take >some time until it's the favorite one. Until then 8 is developer's >darling. > >> The builds are using Java 6 or 7, right? > >With the next larger release (probably 4.2.0) we will use Java 8 which >should last a longer time. Time enough to decide what to do with the >dependency of Java 32-bit. > >> I'm still on 32-bit Linux for now but my default OpenJDK is 1.8. I >can run >> AOO fine with it but must use 1.7 for building. > >Marcus > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org >For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
