[hibernate-dev] Ready for JDK 9 ?

[Rory O'Donnell]

Thanks Sanne for the update!

Rgds,Rory


On 11/08/2017 11:31, Sanne Grinovero wrote:
> Hi Rory,
>
> Thanks for all updates!
>
> we have several projects under the Hibernate umbrella, so our
> experience varies a bit.
>
> Let me start with the good news: both Hibernate Validator (Reference
> implementation of Bean Validation) and Hibernate Search (Hibernate ORM
> integration with Apache Lucene) seem to work just fine.
> We had to disable various integration tests as several other platforms
> and tools we use for more extensive testing aren't yet at the same
> level of compatibility, or possibly we need to still figure out the
> right combination of updates and JVM flags to get them working: we're
> in the process of refining that but it's not worrying as it's about
> running different components, our libraries work fine.
>
> Our "flagship project" Hibernate ORM seems like in good shape as well
> but it will still take us some time to be able to give a thourough
> answer, as many more essential build and testing tools are still
> affected by compatibility issues. So for this one we currently can't
> run the core testsuite which leaves us partially in the dark, but I'm
> optimistic as several key functional tests of the Hibernate Search
> testsuite indirectly rely on Hibernate ORM as well and they all work
> just fine.
>
> All build issues we found so far are in the "expected changes"
> cathegory so we're not having bugs to report to the OpenJDK; we might
> have to chase several of these tool maintainers. We'll keep working on
> this and let you know.
>
> Thanks,
> Sanne
>
>
> On 8 August 2017 at 11:07, Rory O'Donnell <rory.odonnell at oracle.com> wrote:
>> Hi Sanne,
>>
>> Thank you very much for all your testing of JDK 9 during its
>> development! Such contributions have significantly helped shape and
>> improve JDK 9.
>>
>> Now that we have reached the JDK 9 Final Release Candidate phase [1] , I
>> would like to ask if your project can be considered to be 'ready for JDK
>> 9', or if there are any remaining show stopper issues which you've
>> encountered when testing with the JDK 9 release candidate.
>>
>> JDK 9  b181 is available at http://jdk.java.net/9/
>>
>> If you have a public web page, mailing list post, or even a tweet
>> announcing you project's readiness for JDK 9, I'd love to add the URL to
>> the upcoming JDK 9 readiness page on the Quality Outreach wiki.
>>
>>
>> Looking forward to hearing from you,
>> Rory
>>
>> [1] http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk9/
>>
>> --
>> Rgds,Rory O'Donnell
>> Quality Engineering Manager
>> Oracle EMEA , Dublin, Ireland
>>
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Rgds,Rory O'Donnell
Quality Engineering Manager
Oracle EMEA, Dublin,Ireland