Have a M1 could help discovering issues for Java 9 too. The basic things work already afaik, so as soon as I've fixed the issues outlined in this thread and the build passes on Java 9, I could cut a M1.
2017-10-11 15:43 GMT+02:00 Jean-Baptiste Onofré <j...@nanthrax.net>: > Yeah, but we postponed due to the Java9 issue in dependencies. > > We are focused on 4.1.3 right now, but 4.2.0.M1 should happen just after. > > Regards > JB > > > On 10/11/2017 03:41 PM, Oliver Lietz wrote: > >> On Wednesday 11 October 2017 15:21:52 Jean-Baptiste Onofré wrote: >> >>> Hi OLiver, >>> >> >> Hi JB, >> >> The idea is to cut a Milestone1 release as soon as we have a rough Java9 >>> support. >>> >> >> well, 4.2.0.M1 was planned for second week of August... ;) >> >> Regards, >> O. >> >> Regards >>> JB >>> >>> On 10/11/2017 03:19 PM, Oliver Lietz wrote: >>> >>>> On Wednesday 11 October 2017 15:00:41 Guillaume Nodet wrote: >>>> >>>>> The point that makes me raise this problem is that the karaf default >>>>> distribution uses the Apache versions of xerces and xalan. Fwiw, the >>>>> latest xerces release is from 2011 and the latest xalan from 2014, so >>>>> they're not the most active. In particular, xalan latest release does >>>>> not >>>>> implement jaxp 1.4. >>>>> >>>>> One additional point is that those libraries stuff is broken on Java 9, >>>>> so >>>>> one option would be to remove it alltogether which bring us much closer >>>>> to >>>>> Java 9 support ;-) Seriously, I'm not sure I want to spend too much >>>>> time >>>>> allowing pluggability for specs/implementations while the only real >>>>> implementation provider is the JDK itself. That's really a lot of work >>>>> for >>>>> no real benefit. >>>>> >>>>> In addition, the default distribution still install some "legacy" >>>>> features >>>>> such as aries-blueprint, shell-compat, etc... >>>>> >>>>> So here's a list of propositions for 4.2: >>>>> * remove all libraries for specs / impls from apache-karaf distro >>>>> * remove support for endorsed / ext libraries in the <library> >>>>> element >>>>> >>>>> and wherever used >>>>> >>>>> * remove aries-blueprint and shell-compat from default distro >>>>> * remove a few features from the karaf-minimal distro. I'm not sure >>>>> which >>>>> >>>>> one exactly, but I think we should get the zip under 10 Mb. Maybe only >>>>> keeping jaas, shell, feature, ssh, bundle, config, deployer and log, >>>>> also >>>>> removing equinox / logback bundles... >>>>> >>>>> Thoughts ? >>>>> >>>> >>>> +1 >>>> >>>> And again, I would like to see some milestones before going final/GA to >>>> move Apache Sling to 4.2 ASAP. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> O. >>>> >>> >> > -- > Jean-Baptiste Onofré > jbono...@apache.org > http://blog.nanthrax.net > Talend - http://www.talend.com > -- ------------------------ Guillaume Nodet
