Re: F37 proposal: Build all JDKs in Fedora against in-tree libraries and with static stdc++lib (System-Wide Change proposal)

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On Tue, May 10, 2022 at 5:20 PM Robert Relyea <rrelyea@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 5/10/22 6:29 AM, Ben Cotton wrote:
> > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/JdkInTreeLibsAndStdclibStatic
> >
> > This document represents a proposed Change. As part of the Changes
> > process, proposals are publicly announced in order to receive
> > community feedback. This proposal will only be implemented if approved
> > by the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee.
> >
> > == Summary ==
> > This is initial step to move JDKs to be more like other JDKs, to build
> > proper transferable images, and to lower certification burden of each
> > binary. Long storyshort, first step in:
> > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/MoveFedoraJDKsToBecomePortableJDKs
> >
> > This first step will move, one by one, individual JDKs in F37 to be
> > built `--with-stdc++lib=static` and against in-tree (bundeld)
> > libraries:  `--with-zlib="bundled"  --with-freetype="bundled"
> > --with-libjpeg="bundled"  --with-giflib="bundled"
> > --withlibpng="bundled"  --with-lcms="bundled"
> > --with-harfbuzz="bundled" `
> >
> > We already made a heavy testing of the behavior, and user should not
> > face negative experience. I'm not sure if this is
>
> I'm very confused on why this reduces certification burden. In our
> crypto libraries this is exactly the kind of behavior we would *NOT*
> want packages to do because it increases our certification and support
> burden.
>

I'm confused how this would not negatively impact the user experience,
because things like FreeType and HarfBuzz in Fedora have features and
configuration that are non-default that improve the font rendering
capabilities of applications that link to FreeType. I would rather
have our shared maintenance and evolution of font stuff be reused in
Java too...



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