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> This could be the start of fragmenting the ecosystem all over again. Absolutely not. The OpenJDK is the official reference implementation, and Oracle has ope
by Recurecur 8y ago
> This could be the start of fragmenting the ecosystem all over again.
Absolutely not. The OpenJDK is the official reference implementation, and Oracle has open sourced everything important.
The only question is how quickly the various OpenJDK packagers will provide security updates. The Red Hat option looks very practical if you're a Red Hat user.
- tyingq 8y agoSo various packagers making different choices about which updates get backported, and when, is absolutely not fragmentation? I'm curious how each packager is going to decide what version numbers they use for backported builds.
- adl 8y agoDo you believe that the Linux Kernel is fragmented? That's exactly what different distros do to the kernel.
- jryan49 8y agoIt's definitely has created distro hell. I feel like a huge reason Linux can't get more desktop share is because we don't combine our effort and a lot of duplicate work is done between the distros. It's inefficient. There are things like flatpak now though...
- tremon 8y agoI think your comment has little to do with the fragmentation of the Linux kernel (which the GP was referring to), and more with the ecosystem around it.
- tyingq 8y agoYes, it's fragmented, especially in the mobile and dev board spaces. That feels different than not knowing if two Java 11.1.2.3.4 builds are the same thing.
- wolfgke 8y ago> Do you believe that the Linux Kernel is fragmented? I do.
- jsight 8y agoFragmentation of this sort has always been a major goal of Java.