Thank you for the pointers Michael. > >> This means we need either 1) a volunteer who would like to spend time > >> and fix JDK 8 tests, > > > > OK, tell me what to do. > > as recap: > > this thread was started to notify that a JDK 8 issue was blocking a > fairly big Jakarta EE PR (#4692) which made only sense under JDK 11 > anyway.
Are you saying `enterprise` cluster requires JDK 11 and cannot run on JDK 8? It is a relatively huge PR and it is not easy to get my head around it. Anyway, there is for example https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/4692/files?file-filters%5B%5D=.properties&show-viewed-files=true#diff-6a741863ce06039216c34ea7e2d656c1c98044c11587a52b90fa82a6a9bc5097R19 which claims the module runs on JDK 8 - e.g. where is the problem? That's all I am asking for: to run NetBeans on JDK 8 ;-) I am not able to find the blocker... > This was detected months ago and fixed less than a month ago by > Neil - right before the NB 17 deadline as you can see in the discussion. > That is why it had to be resolved quickly otherwise we would have > another release with almost no Jakarta EE support. Glad for NetBeans to support Jakarta EE. Anyway I have to admit, historically the `enterprise` modules were always special - nobody really uses them as a "NetBeans Platform" - e.g. if you want to drop support for old JDKs in `enterprise` cluster - be it! It is (and always has been) a "user facing" cluster anyway. > Help is always appreciated but it is late in this particular case, Honestly, `enterprise` cluster has always been a lost case. Let's try to save the more important clusters! > we have some umbrella issues here for example where contributions are > welcome: > > https://github.com/apache/netbeans/issues/4904 > > see also 'priority:high' label for more, The issue says "Many tests fail on JDK 11" - how does that compare to JDK 8? Because the problem of many tests failing on JDK 11 has always been that JDK 11 is incompatible with JDK 8. That's completely different problem - it is a problem of the JDK! I am a guy who cares about compatibility (of NetBeans): Please tell me if there is a test that doesn't work on JDK 8 and needs to be fixed. Summary: if you guys want to support JDK 11, then it is great. Do it! I am willing to work as much as I can to **not drop** JDK 8 support. Tell me what is blocking you with JDK 8 support and I fix it. -jt --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
