[Debian-med-packaging] Bug#895765: igv: FTBFS with java 9

[Andreas Tille]

Hi Olivier,

could you provide a patch assumed we'll stick to Java 9 and higher?

(Could you also have a look into artemis, htsjdk and picard-tools
if your time permits?)

Kind regards

      Andreas.

On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 10:17:57AM +0200, Olivier Sallou wrote:
> 
> 
> On 04/16/2018 09:32 AM, Bas Couwenberg wrote:
> > On 2018-04-16 08:18, Andreas Tille wrote:
> >> it seems something has changed with openfx since the errors below are
> >> all mentioning something like "import javafx. ...".  Do you have any
> >> hint how this can be fixed?
> >
> > There is no OpenJFX for OpenJDK 9, see:
> >
> >  https://lists.debian.org/debian-java/2018/04/msg00003.html
> 
> indeed Java 9 removed some packages from *core* java and were moved to
> additional modules to add at compilation/runtime.
> Problem is this is not transparent/compatible with java <= 8.
> So, to support java 9 AND below, you need specific scripts that detect
> java version and act accordingly. This is not really cool to do and
> maintain.....
> 
> As proposed, either javafx can be removed from code, either we shoud
> stick to Java 9 and superior and add the javafx module.
> there is an example in biojava4 for a build.xml:
> 
> 
>        <junit haltonfailure="yes" printsummary="yes" fork="true">
>           <jvmarg line="--add-modules java.se.ee"/>
>           <classpath refid="test.classpath"/>
>           .....
> 
> this example used java.se.ee module.
> 
> For javafx, there are several modules [0]:
> 
> * Base APIs for JavaFX UI Toolkit — javafx.base
> * JavaFX APIs for UI Controls — javafx.controls
> * JavaFX APIs for FXML — javafx.fxml
> * JavaFX APIs for various Graphics Tools— javafx.graphics
> * JavaFX APIs for Multimedia — javafx.media
> * JavaFX APIs for Swing-JavaFX Interoperability — javafx.swing
> * JavaFX APIs for WebView Functionality — javafx.web
> 
> 
> To add multiple modules, one need to separate them with comma.
> 
> [0]
> https://medium.com/@afinlay/whats-new-in-java-fx-java-9-updates-a90dd3d4dbba
> 
> 
> 
> >
> > If the package works without JavaFX you should consider disabling that
> > for the time being.
> >
> > You can also explicitly build with OpenJDK 8, but that will just get
> > you a different RC bug because openjdk-8 will not be in buster.
> >
> > Kind Regards,
> >
> > Bas
> >
> 
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