Well maybe mirror was the wrong term - I think now that 8u-dev is force and won't see any changes anymore. A one time dump is what we should have somewhere on git/github.
Tom On 18.01.19 09:27, Tom Schindl wrote: > Hi, > > Is there any documentation how the current javafxports mirror repository > got created? > > Some of our customer projects are going to be stuck on JavaFX-8 for the > forseeable future and while we won't sign up for providing general > support for JavaFX-8 it would be good to have a central place one can > fork JavaFX-8 from. > > Having a central place would allow (at least in theory) that > modifications and patches from different people can be merged without to > much manual work. > > Tom > > On 08.01.19 00:01, Kevin Rushforth wrote: >> I'm not sure that an 8u-dev mirror would be suitable for the javafxports >> project, but if someone wanted to set up such a mirror elsewhere they >> could do so. It might be best left to the future maintainer (if any >> suitable party steps forward) to determine whether and where to host a >> git mirror. >> >> -- Kevin >> >> >> On 12/21/2018 1:39 PM, Tom Schindl wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> Could we get a mirror of 8u setup for github as well? I wanted to ask >>> for that since some time but always forgot to do so. >>> >>> Tom >>> >>> On 21.12.18 22:32, Kevin Rushforth wrote: >>>> As has been previously announced [1][2], Oracle will no longer >>>> contribute to the JDK 8 Updates Project after the January 2019 quarterly >>>> CPU release of JDK 8u202. Since JavaFX for JDK 8 is delivered as a part >>>> of the JDK, Oracle will also no longer contribute to the OpenJFX 8u-dev >>>> code line (8u-dev/rt repo) after JDK 8u202 ships. >>>> >>>> This means that Oracle will be stepping down as the maintainer of the >>>> openjfx/8u-dev code line after January, and will call for a new >>>> maintainer. If a suitable party steps forward to maintain the OpenJFX 8 >>>> Updates code line after the final Oracle-led JDK 8 Update release has >>>> been published, we will discuss how to best enable such a transition on >>>> this Project's mailing list. >>>> >>>> I wanted to send this before the holidays, although I realize it might >>>> get lost in the shuffle, so I will resend it after the first of the >>>> year, along with a formal call for interested parties who wish to put >>>> their name forward as a maintainer for the openjfx/8u-dev release. >>>> >>>> -- Kevin >>>> >>>> [1] >>>> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk8u-dev/2018-March/007341.html >>>> [2] >>>> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk8u-dev/2018-September/007923.html >>>> >>>> >> > -- Tom Schindl, CTO BestSolution.at EDV Systemhaus GmbH Eduard-Bodem-Gasse 5-7. A-6020 Innsbruck Reg. Nr. FN 222302s am Firmenbuchgericht Innsbruck
