On Tue, 8 Oct 2019 11:59:52 GMT, Kevin Rushforth <k...@openjdk.org> wrote:

> On Tue, 8 Oct 2019 11:58:43 GMT, Kevin Rushforth <k...@openjdk.org> wrote:
> 
>> On Tue, 8 Oct 2019 08:41:40 GMT, Johan Vos <j...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> 
>>> On Mon, 7 Oct 2019 19:58:20 GMT, Dell Green 
>>> <12861109+dellgr...@users.noreply.github.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On Mon, 7 Oct 2019 17:42:21 GMT, Kenzie Togami 
>>>> <2093023+kenziero...@users.noreply.github.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> On Mon, 7 Oct 2019 17:30:11 GMT, Kevin Rushforth <k...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Mon, 7 Oct 2019 13:35:51 GMT, Dell Green 
>>>>>> <12861109+dellgr...@users.noreply.github.com> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> buildSrc/crosslibs-armv6hf.sh pulls down debian and raspbian packages 
>>>>>>> to be able to cross compile javafx for arm hard float. Up to now the 
>>>>>>> upstream distribution versions have been debian and raspbian wheezy, 
>>>>>>> but these are now end of life and have been archived to servers that 
>>>>>>> have different domain names.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Tried to change to use jessie but this generates a whole load of  
>>>>>>> __THROWNL errors, so for now have updated the domain names to point to 
>>>>>>> new servers so that wheezy packages can still be retrieved and cross 
>>>>>>> compilation succeeds.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> https://bugs.java.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=JDK-8231870
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> ----------------
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Commits:
>>>>>>>  - bb4bcc9e: 8231870: Updated armv6hf crosslibs script with new 
>>>>>>> resource domain names for wheezy
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Changes: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jfx/pull/8/files
>>>>>>>  Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.java.net/jfx/8/webrev.00
>>>>>>>   Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8231870
>>>>>>>   Stats: 2 lines in 1 file changed: 0 ins; 0 del; 2 mod
>>>>>>>   Patch: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jfx/pull/8.diff
>>>>>>>   Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.java.net/jfx pull/8/head:pull/8
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> buildSrc/crosslibs/crosslibs-armv6hf.sh line 232:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 231:         http://archive.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main armhf \
>>>>>>> 232:             libatk1.0-dev \
>>>>>>> 233:             libatk1.0-0 \
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> The use of `http://` URLs to download artifacts is strongly discouraged, 
>>>>>> since it isn't secure. Is there a valid `https://` URL that can be used 
>>>>>> instead? I note that just substituting `http` with `https` in the above 
>>>>>> URL does not work.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> buildSrc/crosslibs/crosslibs-armv6hf.sh line 392:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 391:         $DESTINATION \
>>>>>>> 392:         http://legacy.raspbian.org/raspbian wheezy firmware armhf \
>>>>>>> 393:         libraspberrypi-dev
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Same comment hear about using an `https` URL if possible.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I don't have any particular issue with this change. It does highlight an 
>>>>>> existing problem where we are still using an `http` URL rather than 
>>>>>> `https`. That may or may not be something we can solve here.
>>>>> 
>>>>> In general a lot of Debian package URLs are not HTTPS by default because 
>>>>> of apt's built-in signature checking, https://whydoesaptnotusehttps.com/. 
>>>>> However, it does seem like it should at least be supported, so it might 
>>>>> be a bug in the `debian.org` server config.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Additionally, I see that the `getPackages` command doesn't check these 
>>>>> signatures. It probably should, but that's another PR.
>>>> 
>>>> https for legacy.raspbian.org works
>>> 
>>> I confirm that without the patch, the "cross-build tools" can not be 
>>> fetched. With this patch, the tools can be fetched and the build can be 
>>> created using these tools.
>>> I think this PR is good as it is, as it fixes something that was broken.
>>> 
>>> However, in general I think the concept of this crosslibs script is broken 
>>> for a number of reasons:
>>> 1. for none of the other targets, we have a script for downloading the 
>>> toolchain. 
>>> 2. we have one big blob toolchain for all ARM devices, and do not take 
>>> advantage of new compilers/libraries/CPU's. Maintaining toolchains requires 
>>> work, and I think it is better that the OpenJFX repository focuses on the 
>>> source code, not on the build context.
>>> 
>>> Rethinking the concept of cross-compiliation involves much more than just 
>>> downloading a cross-compiler and libs, and we should not fix that in a rush.
>>> 
>>> I therefore propose to merge this PR.
>> 
>> I am going to temporarily change the title in an attempt to force the jcheck 
>> bot to run again. I'll change it back once done. Failing this, I will ask 
>> the Skara admins to rerun the check if possible. If this doesn't work, we 
>> will need to close this PR and have you open a new one.
> 
> Looks like that worked and reran jcheck.

Please ignore the above comments. I added them to the wrong PR.

This PR was and still is ready for review.

PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jfx/pull/8

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