Not sure if this helps further (this was written prior to JDK 17 but has links to other "depricated/removed" APIs which may also be related https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NETBEANS-5349
Eric Bresie ebre...@gmail.com On Thu, Dec 30, 2021 at 9:09 AM Michael Bien <mbie...@gmail.com> wrote: > I don't want to leave this old thread open without a status report: > > whats left: > - JDK 17 doesn't have the javascript runtime > Assume this is related to https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NETBEANS-4168 Handling Nashorn Removal inline with JDK 15 (see links in comments for possible migration guidance) Not sure if this will show up or if this has already been fixed (and not closed out) but does this also account for removal of some of the XML functionality likeNETBEANS-1866 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NETBEANS-1866> Netbean XML Compilation Issues JDK 11? -michael > > > On 10.11.21 19:42, Michael Bien wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I got encouraged by Neil to start a new thread - its not my fault. > > > > current status: > > > > JDK 11 is the latest non-EOL JDK, NetBeans can be build or tested on. > > > > > > Building NB on JDK 17 involves most likely just a few property bumps > > and library updates. I could make the java cluster build just by doing > > that and by updating the build-time gradle wrapper. > > (https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/3278) > > > > I can't actually update the gradle wrapper myself (outside of making > > it point to a local zip for testing purposes) because i am not > > familiar with the lib hosting service the NB build uses - that is why > > its not part of the PR - someone else would have to do that (why can't > > it just use a maven repo?). > > > > > > That would be the easy part, testing on JDK 16+ is going to be more > > interesting, since NetBeans appears to hook into a very old version of > > osgi (3.9 via the netbinox module and friends as far as i see, which > > doesn't even officially support JDK8 btw). There need to be also some > > updates to junit JVM flags and build configs, but i have those in my > > stash and it isn't really worth mentioning, beside that its all over > > the place as to be expected in a big project. Using JDK 16 as a > > intermediate step before progressing to 17, might help there since the > > module system of 17 became more restrictive on top of all that. > > > > > > If NetBeans 13 would like to claim to support JDK 17 i would recommend > > to start with some of this early in the development cycle, esp with > > the low hanging fruits (gradle wrapper, which unblocks the > > build-java-cluster-on-17 PR etc). > > > > best regards, > > > > michael > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@netbeans.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@netbeans.apache.org > > For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists > > > >
