Call for Testing: OpenJDK 11 packages in bionic-proposed and cosmic-proposed

[Matthias Klose]

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS shipped with OpenJDK 10 with the intent to update to
OpenJDK 11, which unlike OpenJDK 10 is covered by LTS upstream
security support that is more suitable for the lifetime of an
Ubuntu LTS.

Both OpenJDK 10 and 11 dropped some APIs, got stricter with the
javadoc tools, and had some other incompatible build changes, which
are mostly fixed now in our packages for the upcoming 19.04 release.
Instead of backporting single patches for 250+ packages, we decided to
backport the packages to 18.04 LTS and 18.10 where necessary.

The backports are currently available in the bionic-proposed and
cosmic-proposed pockets.  We are planning to copy these packages to
both the security and updates pockets in the last week of March.

Please test these packages (see the end of the email for a list) and
file new bug reports for any issue with these planned updates,
subscribing the openjdk-11-transition team to the bug report.  As an
alternative, feel free to contact us on the #ubuntu-java IRC channel.

WARNING: In order to resolve any issues found, we might need to remove
some packages from -proposed or SRU them at a lower version number, so
please don’t do the tests in your production environment; and be ready
to downgrade packages if they are not propagated to the updates and
security pockets.

It is of particular importance to get more feedback on end-user
applications, which may be affected in ways not identifiable in
automated testing.  These packages are free of all known regressions;
but it’s possible there are unknown regressions, which is why we are
asking for your help.  Please check that your favorite applications
continue to work.  Some application packages that are known to be
affected by OpenJDK API changes, and have had some manual testing but
warrant additional testing are: jabref, jedit, jhove, libreoffice,
mobile-atlas-creator, netbeans, tomcat8, tomcat9, sweethome3d, and
virtualbox.

The uploads themselves are tracked in the following bug reports:

https://launchpad.net/bugs/1784196
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1814133
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1818647
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1819448

The updates include the OpenJDK 11 packages itself, and the packages
found at
https://bugs.launchpad.net/~openjdk-11-transition/+packagebugs


OpenJDK 8 in 18.04 LTS (bionic) remains in the community-supported
universe component. We will provide OpenJDK 8 updates for 18.04 LTS
as long as we provide them for the 16.04 LTS (xenial) release.

On behalf of the OpenJDK 11 transition team,
Matthias Klose

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List of packages in -proposed:

activemq
afterburner.fx
android-framework-23
android-platform-art
android-platform-build
android-platform-dalvik
android-platform-development
android-platform-external-boringssl
android-platform-external-libselinux
android-platform-external-libunwind
android-platform-frameworks-base
android-platform-frameworks-data-binding
android-platform-frameworks-native
android-platform-libcore
android-platform-libnativehelper
android-platform-system-core
android-platform-system-extras
android-platform-system-tools-aidl
android-platform-tools-apksig
angular-maven-plugin
annotation-indexer
ant
ant-contrib
antlr4
apache-directory-server
apktool
asm
aspectj
aspectj-maven-plugin
batik
bindex
bnd
bridge-method-injector
carrotsearch-hppc
cava
clojure
clojure-maven-plugin
clojure1.8
commons-httpclient
dd-plist
dummydroid
ecj
eclipse-debian-helper
eclipse-jdt-core
eclipse-jdt-debug
eclipse-jdt-ui
eclipse-platform-debug
eclipse-platform-resources
eclipse-platform-runtime
eclipse-platform-team
eclipse-platform-text
eclipse-platform-ua
eclipse-platform-ui
eclipselink
el-api
elki
enjarify
equinox-bundles
equinox-framework
equinox-p2
f2fs-tools
figtree
fontawesomefx
fonts-liberation2
gettext
gluegen2
gmbal
gmbal-commons
gmbal-pfl
gradle
gradle-apt-plugin
gradle-completion
gradle-debian-helper
groovy
hikaricp
hsqldb
hsqldb1.8.0
insubstantial
istack-commons
jabref
jackson-core
jackson-databind
jackson-dataformat-xml
jackson-module-jaxb-annotations
jarjar-maven-plugin
java-common
java3d
javafxsvg
javamail
javatools
jaxb
jaxb-api
jaxe
jaxrpc-api
jaxrs-api
jaxws
jaxws-api
jboss-classfilewriter
jboss-jdeparser2
jboss-modules
jcommander
jersey1
jetty9
jftp
jhove
jmdns
jnr-posix
jruby
jruby-openssl
jsp-api
jtreg
jts
junit4
jws-api
jxgrabkey
jython
libapache-poi-java
libbtm-java
libcommons-collections3-java
libcommons-collections4-java
libcommons-compress-java
libcommons-lang3-java
libeclipse-emf
libequinox-osgi-java
libgoogle-gson-java
libgpars-groovy-java
libhibernate-validator-java
libjackson-json-java
libjavaewah-java
libjdo-api-java
libjdom1-java
libjgoodies-looks-java
libjogl2-java
libnb-javaparser-java
libnb-platform18-java
libnetx-java
libpdfbox2-java
libpicocontainer-java
libquartz-java
libreoffice
libreoffice-l10n
libsambox-java
libscout
libscram-java
libsejda-java
libsmali-java
libspring-java
libstax2-api-java
libswingx-java
libwoodstox-java
libxml-security-java
libxstream-java
logback
lucene-solr
mapsforge
mariadb-connector-java
maven
maven-ant-helper
maven-bundle-plugin
maven-cache-cleanup
maven-clean-plugin
maven-compiler-plugin
maven-debian-helper
maven-dependency-analyzer
maven-dependency-plugin
maven-doxia-tools
maven-enforcer
maven-jar-plugin
maven-javadoc-plugin
maven-jaxb2-plugin
maven-parent
maven-plugin-testing
maven-plugin-tools
maven-processor-plugin
maven-repo-helper
maven-resolver
maven-resources-plugin
maven-shade-plugin
maven-shared-utils
mavibot
mckoisqldb
metro-policy
mimepull
mobile-atlas-creator
mockito
mojo-executor
msv
netbeans
obantoo
objenesis
openhft-chronicle-bytes
openhft-chronicle-core
openhft-lang
openjdk-11-jre-dcevm
openjdk-lts
openjfx
openjpa
orthanc-imagej
pdfsam
plexus-io
plexus-languages
procyon
properties-maven-plugin
rdp-alignment
rdp-classifier
rdp-readseq
resteasy3.0
rome
rsyntaxtextarea
saaj
saaj-ri
scala
scilab
servlet-api
shiro
sitemesh
snakeyaml
stax-ex
string-template-maven-plugin
surefire
svgsalamander
sweethome3d
swt4-gtk
testng
timingframework
tomcat-native
tomcat8
tomcat9
trove3
uimaj
unsafe-mock
virtualbox
visualvm
wala
websocket-api
writer2latex
xml-maven-plugin
xmlbeans