Re: Java 8 still on Java.com

2019-10-01 Thread Scott Palmer
I would go with the jpackage EA build. That tool is going to be part of the JDK as of Java 14 after all. Scott > On Sep 30, 2019, at 9:06 PM, Derik Devecchio wrote: > >  > Emillian, > > Thanks for getting back to me.I am not trying to re-invent “write once > run anywhere”.I accept

Re: Java 8 still on Java.com

2019-10-01 Thread Derik Devecchio
Thanks for the advice Jerome. I would love to have a look at the bash script part if you don’t mind sending me a private email. On Sep 30, 2019, at 11:15 PM, Jerome Lelasseux mailto:lelass...@yahoo.com>> wrote: If you search the mail archive I asked the same question just a few weeks

Re : Re: Java 8 still on Java.com

2019-10-01 Thread Jerome Lelasseux
If you search the mail archive I asked the same question just a few weeks ago...   Following advises here I ended up :- creating an Ant target which depends on the built-in target that generate the standard NB zip installer, - and calls a bash script which prepare the distribution packages:

RE: Java 8 still on Java.com

2019-09-30 Thread Ed Sowell
: Re: Java 8 still on Java.com Emillian, Thanks for getting back to me.I am not trying to re-invent “write once run anywhere”.I accept that everything is going to need an installer now. The question is, how do I get from “Clean and Build” to .EXE file that includes a JRE

Re: Java 8 still on Java.com

2019-09-30 Thread Derik Devecchio
Emillian, Thanks for getting back to me.I am not trying to re-invent “write once run anywhere”.I accept that everything is going to need an installer now. The question is, how do I get from “Clean and Build” to .EXE file that includes a JRE? You said "For Windows/macOS you probably

Re: Java 8 still on Java.com

2019-09-30 Thread Emilian Bold
Well, there is a public facing Java distribution such as AdoptOpenJDK and many Linux distros provide their own (see http://www.jchoice.eu ). So, at least on Linux, you will have some form of Java in their repositories. Although even there there's nothing stopping you to ship your own runtime (as

Re: Java 8 still on Java.com

2019-09-30 Thread Derik Devecchio
> On Sep 30, 2019, at 9:55 AM, Emilian Bold wrote: > > Java is no longer an user-facing product, it's middleware. > Okay, that sounds like an improvement from where I am standing, but… Can Netbeans help me with that now? The last time I looked into bundling the JRE with my program, I

Re: Java 8 still on Java.com

2019-09-30 Thread Emilian Bold
Java is no longer an user-facing product, it's middleware. You are expected to provide Java bundled with your application in the future. Users will not have any Java already available nor will they download any new Java. --emi On Mon, Sep 30, 2019 at 7:39 PM Derik Devecchio wrote: > > I know

Re: Java 8 still on Java.com

2019-09-30 Thread Geertjan Wielenga
Best to join the mailing lists here and discuss further there: https://openjdk.java.net/ Gj On Mon, Sep 30, 2019 at 6:40 PM Scott Palmer wrote: > There are no JRE downloads after Java 8. > > You are expected to bundle Java with your application. > > Scott > > > On Sep 30, 2019, at 12:39 PM,

Re: Java 8 still on Java.com

2019-09-30 Thread Scott Palmer
There are no JRE downloads after Java 8. You are expected to bundle Java with your application. Scott > On Sep 30, 2019, at 12:39 PM, Derik Devecchio > wrote: > > I know that the Netbeans’s forum doesn’t maintain Java.com > . But I don’t know anyone else to ask off

Java 8 still on Java.com

2019-09-30 Thread Derik Devecchio
I know that the Netbeans’s forum doesn’t maintain Java.com. But I don’t know anyone else to ask off hand. I went to Java.com to find out the “latest public stable release”. I was expecting Java 9 point something.But I was hoping for 10, 11 or maybe 12.