Why are you asking me? On 28 June 2015 at 05:24, Mike <mikeg...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Felix how many full time Engineers does Oracle have on Javafx and Java? > How does this break up? How many open source contributors are Committing > often? > > On Sat, Jun 27, 2015 at 11:38 AM, Felix Bembrick <felix.bembr...@gmail.com > > wrote: > >> Thanks Kevin but I am left a little underwhelmed by this tiny list. It >> seems that JavaFX is perhaps the slowest evolving technology in history in >> many respects which is very disappointing. >> >> >> > On 28 Jun 2015, at 01:07, Kevin Rushforth <kevin.rushfo...@oracle.com> >> wrote: >> > >> > Hi Felix, >> > >> > Sorry for the delay. Most of us were still pretty focused on 8u60, but >> we are turning our attention to JDK 9 now. >> > >> > The focus for JDK 9 is Jigsaw. The currently planned big features >> (JEPs) for FX in JDK 9 are these: >> > >> > JEP 253: Prepare JavaFX UI Controls & CSS APIs for Modularization >> > JEP 257: Update JavaFX/Media to Newer Version of GStreamer >> > >> > Related to Jigasw, we intend to look into new API for heavily used >> internal methods / classes since they will no longer be accessible >> otherwise. We also plan to update WebKit at least one more time, and will >> likely do a few RFEs such as better Hi-DPI support (with API control) on >> Mac, Windows, Linux. >> > >> > We don't currently plan any other big features for 9, but will consider >> additional RFEs if they are important to enough developers and if they fit >> into the time frame. >> > >> > -- Kevin >> > >> > >> > Felix Bembrick wrote: >> >> Anyone got anything or is there a link somewhere that talks about >> these? >> >> >> >> On 15 June 2015 at 22:00, Felix Bembrick <felix.bembr...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >>> I realise we are a long way off JDK 9 still and with crucial features >> such >> >>> as Jigsaw still a little up in the air but is it possible someone >> could >> >>> itemise the most likely new features, enhancements and bug fixes that >> we >> >>> will see in JavaFX when JDK 9 is released? >> >>> >> >>> Of course it's purely speculation at this point but it would assist me >> >>> greatly to have some of idea of where JavaFX is heading and which >> areas are >> >>> seen as most important. >> >>> >> >>> Thanks, >> >>> >> >>> Felix >> >>> >> > >
