Next steps for GNU Classpath

[fernando@lozano.eti.br]

Hi Andrew,

>> OpenJDK is Linux-only. It does not work on Windows.
> 
> Huh? Since when?


AFAIK OpenJDK project at java.net does not provides updated windows 
binaries. You'd have to compile yourself. They provide the RI, frozen in 
time of the java 7 spec approval, with no updates since them. :-(

Oracle binaries use proprietary blobs, so they are not a free openjdk 
build like the one we get as part of fedora and other linux distros. :-(

Years ago there was a group of postgresql developers provinding openjdk 
binaries for windows as part of openscg, but they stopped, never 
provindig openjdk 7 builds. I guess zulu is filling this gap.

Other source for openjdk binaries for windows is:

https://github.com/alexkasko/openjdk-unofficial-builds

Those look like they are still mantained, but I don't know if they have 
the proprietary blobs.



[]s, Fernando Lozano