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

[Olivier Sallou]

On 04/16/2018 04:38 PM, Andreas Tille wrote:
> Hi Olivier,
>
> could you provide a patch assumed we'll stick to Java 9 and higher?

I tried to add module, but javafx module is not found on system.
In debian package, I found only openjfx8, no port available for java9 ?
There is a bug [0] requesting version for jdk9 but it seems it is not
yet available....

javafx is used for user interface, don't think we can remove it....


[0] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=850921
>
> (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
>>>
>> -- 
>> Olivier Sallou
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>> Irisa, Campus de Beaulieu
>> F-35042 RENNES - FRANCE
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>>
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>>

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Olivier Sallou
Univ Rennes, Inria, CNRS, IRISA
Irisa, Campus de Beaulieu
F-35042 RENNES - FRANCE
Tel: 02.99.84.71.95

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