This is true for building the JDK 8u. I note that if all he is trying to
do is build FX 8u, it already builds with VS 2017. The problem was he
was building FX 8 GA when what he wanted was FX 8u191. I just sent a
pointer.
-- Kevin
On 10/19/2018 7:49 PM, Stephen Fitch wrote:
Hi Carl,
As FYI
If you want to build the latest 8u, you should clone this repo instead
of jfx-dev:
http://hg.openjdk.java.net/openjfx/8u-dev/rt
The tip of that repo is the current development repo for 8u202. There
are also tags for all of the 8uNNN releases, for example, the tag
corresponding to the just-shi
Thanks Stephen. I’d be happy to be an early adopter/tester or to help with
documentation and blog posts. -Carl
From: Stephen Fitch
Sent: Friday, October 19, 2018 10:49 PM
To: c...@bekwam.com; openjfx-dev@openjdk.java.net
Subject: Re: Compiling OpenJFX 8
Hi Carl,
As FYI we are getting
Hi Carl,
As FYI weare getting towards the end of a major effort to allow VS2017
to be usedto build JDK 8(inc. JavaFX).
We are about to carry out some internal (to Oracle) final build runs with
JavaFX/JDK 8 and VS2017.
I'd say we need another couple of weeks to run a few builds and knock down
an
