Hello, I think we should do another rc restoring browser component.
I find it helpful when debugging a script. So unless there is a blocker, it should be restored. Thanks On Wednesday, October 23, 2019, Felix Schumacher < [email protected]> wrote: > > Am 23.10.19 um 15:12 schrieb Vladimir Sitnikov: > >> I already use the Oracle Java 8 to build the releases (RC4 include) > > Well. By "Require release manager" I mean **every** release manager. > > For instance, I have not purchased Java license from Oracle. Does that > mean > > I must buy one in order to be the release manager? > You don't have to buy a license to use the last openly available JDK 8 > from Oracle. But it might be difficult to download it. (I found a link > to the archive under the FAQ from the download for Java 8. > https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/archive-139210.html ) > > > > The next question is what if someone downloads JMeter sources and tries > to > > build it? > That depends -- as earlier -- on the version of used Java. At the moment > you will only get a working JavaFX control, if you use Oracle JDK 8 > (plus the parameter). > > Does that mean they must use Oracle Java? > No (if they are not interested in that special control) > > Does that mean they should get build failure when using builds like > > AdoptOpenJDK? > No (it didn't with the ant build -- I think we checked for a JavaFX > class on the classpath to decide whether we should compile it) > > > > The current implementation is "JavaFX opt-in". > > At the moment I tend to include it on building the release, but I have > sympathy with your arguments, that JavaFX is really difficult to use at > build/run time. > > I am less sure with every time we are talking about it, that it is > valuable enough to keep the feature. > > But if we drop it now from the release, we should mention it in the > change logs and hope that someone comes up with an alternative, that we > can include some day. > > Felix > > > > > Vladimir > > >
