> Questions for Geotools developers: > 1. Do geotools based applications work on OpenJDK now? Not sure; even if they did without a build box configured with OpenJDK to ensure the library works in that environment it would not be considered a supported platform for production use. I always figure "demo" is almost more important then production use as it is a first impression.
By the same token I would not recommend projects based on GeoTools go live on OpenJDK without appropriate testing. Perhaps the Geomajas guys could stand up a build box with OpenJDK? > 2. Is it possible to migrate geotools based applications to OpenJDK? Yes; would required volunteer time; hardware to run a nightly build with that configuration and so on. I recently lost two weeks to a build box at my current work site that was incorrectly configured to use OpenJDK rather than Java 6. > 3. Can such migration happen before Feb 2012 (for OSGeo-Live 5.5)? > > We can help with testing packaged applications, but are looking for guidance > from projects on where we should be focusing our energy. I do not think so; we would need hardware in place now. Our developers are an even split between mac, linux and windows environments. As I understand it mac OpenJDK is not ready yet (with no sign of arrival); windows is troubled. I would wait for OpenJDK Java 7 to be released; and then set up a build box at that time. Jody > On 31/12/11 19:34, Jody Garnett wrote: > > An easy one is to add the extensions into libs/ext and then run uDig > > without its "jre" folder so it uses the system default. > > > > Geosolutions (i.e. Simone or Andrea) is the best point of contact with > > respect to compatibility with OpenJDK. Personally I was not going to bother > > until Java 7 or Java 8. > > > > You could also try talking to Andrea Antonello who at least uses Linux and > > may be able to test? > > > > If you want you can also contact me officially as "GeoTools Officer" and I > > will take the question to the geotools-devel email list for you. However I > > expect I need a more than "Open JDK" (this page for example does not give > > me much to work from http://openjdk.java.net/install/). > > > > -- > > Jody Garnett > > > > > > On Friday, 30 December 2011 at 9:02 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote: > > > > > Jody and others, > > > > > > Do you know if anyone has tested the viability of using OpenJDK with > > > JAI/ImageIO/ImageIO-EXT (with the geotools based applications)? > > > > > > What would be involved in testing this? Who would know how? > > > > > > On 30/12/11 20:29, Jody Garnett wrote: > > > > Need to check out how well or poorly OpenJDK does with the JAI / > > > > ImageIO / ImageIO-EXT combo for geotools based apps. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Jody Garnett > > > > > > > > > > > > On Friday, 30 December 2011 at 6:48 PM, Brian Hamlin wrote: > > > > > > > > > jsanz tells me that GeoNetwork is also running well under OpenJDK for > > > > > him > > > > > > > > > > let this thread be an entrypoint for Java-app contacts to express > > > > > their > > > > > enthusiasm, dismay, pain, resignation or otherwise on the adaptation > > > > > of an OpenJDK-only LiveDVD release > > > > > > > > > > best regards from Berkeley, California > > > > > > > > > > == > > > > > Brian Hamlin > > > > > GeoCal > > > > > OSGeo California Chapter > > > > > 415-717-4462 cell > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > Live-demo mailing list > > > > > Live-demo@lists.osgeo.org (mailto:Live-demo@lists.osgeo.org) > > > > > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/live-demo > > > > > http://live.osgeo.org > > > > > http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ Live-demo mailing list > > > > Live-demo@lists.osgeo.org (mailto:Live-demo@lists.osgeo.org) > > > > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/live-demo http://live.osgeo.org > > > > http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc > > > > > > -- Cameron Shorter Geospatial Director Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050 Mob: +61 > > > (0)419 142 254 Think Globally, Fix Locally Geospatial Solutions enhanced > > > with Open Standards and Open Source http://www.lisasoft.com > > >
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