Hi Kevin,

Thanks for the update.

Back in 2012 there was the following statement from Oracle:

"Oracle intends to standardize relevant parts of JavaFX through the JCP in the 
Java SE 9 time frame."

http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/1854982

What about this plan?

-Florian

Am Samstag, 27. Juni 2015, 08.07:44 schrieb Kevin Rushforth:
> 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

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