One of the big challenges in running JavaFX with OpenJDK builds is that
developers need to build OpenJDK locally themselves and include the
JavaFX bits produced by a locally-built OpenJFX build.
In an earlier email with the subject "javafx might not be present" [1],
I mentioned our intention to make it easier for OpenJFX to be built,
tested, and run with OpenJDK builds that don't already contain javafx.*
modules. This will pave the way to allow a set of pre-built javafx
modules to be distributed that will run on top of a pre-built OpenJDK.
By way of update, this work is underway and can be tracked via the
following two JBS issues:
1. Removing internal dependencies:
JDK-8195798 [2] : Address dependencies in javafx.* modules on internal
APIs of core modules
The above is an umbrella task that points to several linked blocking
bugs. All of these bugs are in progress and a few are already done
(e.g., removing jdk.internal.Unsafe from Marlin).
2. Enabling the building, testing, and distribution as a set of separate
modules
JDK-8198329 [3] : Support FX build / test using JDK that doesn't include
javafx.* modules
This one depends on the first two, but can be started in parallel, so I
plan to start on it in the next few days.
Let me know if you have any questions on this.
-- Kevin
[1]
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/openjfx-dev/2018-February/021447.html
[2] https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8195798
[3] https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8198329
