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1. Do geotools based applications work on OpenJDK now?<br></div></div></span></blockquote><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>By the same token I would not recommend projects based on GeoTools go live on OpenJDK without appropriate testing.</div><div><br></div><div>Perhaps the Geomajas guys could stand up a build box with OpenJDK? </div><blockquote type="cite" style="border-left-style:solid;border-width:1px;margin-left:0px;padding-left:10px;"><span><div><div>
2. Is it possible to migrate geotools based applications to OpenJDK?<br></div></div></span></blockquote><div>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. </div><blockquote type="cite" style="border-left-style:solid;border-width:1px;margin-left:0px;padding-left:10px;"><span><div><div>
3. Can such migration happen before Feb 2012 (for OSGeo-Live 5.5)?<br>
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We can help with testing packaged applications, but are looking for
guidance from projects on where we should be focusing our energy.<br></div></div></span></blockquote><div>I do not think so; we would need hardware in place now.</div><div><br></div><div>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. </div><div><br></div><div>I would wait for OpenJDK Java 7 to be released; and then set up a build box at that time.</div><div><br></div><div>Jody</div><blockquote type="cite" style="border-left-style:solid;border-width:1px;margin-left:0px;padding-left:10px;"><span><div><div>
On 31/12/11 19:34, Jody Garnett wrote:
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<div> 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.
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<div>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.</div>
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<div>You could also try talking to Andrea Antonello who at least
uses Linux and may be able to test?</div>
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<div>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 <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://openjdk.java.net/install/">http://openjdk.java.net/install/</a>).</div>
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<p style="color: #A0A0A8;">On Friday, 30 December 2011 at 9:02 PM,
Cameron Shorter wrote:</p><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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Jody and others,<br>
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Do you know if anyone has tested the viability of using
OpenJDK with JAI/ImageIO/ImageIO-EXT (with the geotools
based applications)?<br>
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What would be involved in testing this? Who would know
how?<br>
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<div> Need to check out how well or poorly OpenJDK
does with the JAI / ImageIO / ImageIO-EXT combo for
geotools based apps. </div>
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<p style="color: rgb(160, 160, 168);">On Friday, 30
December 2011 at 6:48 PM, Brian Hamlin wrote:</p><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<div>jsanz tells me that GeoNetwork is also
running well under OpenJDK for </div>
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<div>let this thread be an entrypoint for
Java-app contacts to express their</div>
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or otherwise on the adaptation</div>
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<div>best regards from Berkeley, California</div>
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<div>Brian Hamlin</div>
<div>GeoCal</div>
<div>OSGeo California Chapter</div>
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