Changes/BuildJdkOncePackEverywhere

Build JDKs once, repack everywhere

This is a proposed Change for Fedora Linux.
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 the last step in https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/MoveFedoraJDKsToBecomePortableJDKs effort. Jdks in fedora are already static, and we repack portable tarball into rpms. Currently, the portbale tarball is built for each Fedora and Epel version. Goal here is to build each jdk (8,11,17,21,latest (20)) only once, in oldest live Fedora xor Epel and repack in all live fedoras.

Owner

• Name: Jiri Vanek
• Email: jvanek@redhat.com

Current status

• Targeted release: Fedora Linux 39
• Last updated: 2023-05-19
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Scope

• Proposal owners:

• Other developers:

• Release engineering: #Releng issue number

• Policies and guidelines: N/A (not needed for this Change)

• Trademark approval: N/A (not needed for this Change)

• Alignment with Community Initiatives:

Contingency Plan

• Contingency mechanism: (What to do? Who will do it?) N/A (not a System Wide Change)
• Contingency deadline: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
• Blocks release? N/A (not a System Wide Change), Yes/No

Documentation

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