Redirect to Wikipedia for Java 11 Web Start deprecation #1903
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Oracle announced in March 2018 that it will not include Java Web Start in Java SE 11. Jenkins provides a "Java Web Start" button to simplify launching of clients with Java Web Start. That simplified start technique is often used for Windows agents. Jenkins on Java 11 can't use that button because the underlying Java implementation does not support it. The communication protocol used by agent.jar continues to be fully supported and operational with Java 11. Only the Java Web Start button from the web page is not supported in Java 11. See [JENKINS-52282] and jenkinsci/jenkins#3766 for more details.
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… On Fri, Nov 23, 2018, 23:27 Mark Waite ***@***.*** wrote:
Oracle announced in March 2018 that it will not include Java Web Start in
Java SE 11. Jenkins provides a "Java Web Start" button to simplify
launching of clients with Java Web Start. That simplified start technique
is often used for Windows agents. Jenkins on Java 11 can't use that button
because the underlying Java implementation does not support it.
The communication protocol used by agent.jar continues to be fully
supported and operational with Java 11. Only the Java Web Start button from
the web page is not supported in Java 11.
See JENKINS-52282 <https://issues.jenkins-ci.org/browse/JENKINS-52282>
and PR-3766 <jenkinsci/jenkins#3766> for more
details.
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Commit Summary
- Redirect to Wikipedia for Java 11 Web Start deprecation
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- *A* content/redirect/java11-java-web-start.adoc
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- https://github.com/jenkins-infra/jenkins.io/pull/1903.patch
- https://github.com/jenkins-infra/jenkins.io/pull/1903.diff
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I'm fine with redirecting to a Jira ticket if that is more comfortable. I thought that @alecharp was concerned about the clarity of the explanation, so I chose the WIkipedia link as a clear and simple explanation with hyperlinks to the original article which announced the removal of Java Web Start from Java 11. @batmat and @alecharp let me know which you prefer or if there is something better. I truly am fine with either, especially since as a redirect we can later change it to point into deeper documentation. I believe our goal is to include Jenkins PR-3766 in the weekly that releases in less than 3 days. |
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I'm be more for a wiki like page than a jira ticket. Jira can be seen as too technical or as a "I have a problem", where here it's not a "problem" but more a statement: "you are running Jenkins on a JVM version which has made Java WebStart deprecated or removed its support". As Mark said, we can change the target of the redirect later, if we want to have our own page to explain the situation. |
Oracle announced in March 2018 that it will not include Java Web Start in Java SE 11. Jenkins provides a "Java Web Start" button to simplify launching of clients with Java Web Start. That simplified start technique is often used for Windows agents. Jenkins on Java 11 can't use that button because the underlying Java implementation does not support it.
The communication protocol used by agent.jar continues to be fully supported and operational with Java 11. Only the Java Web Start button from the web page is not supported in Java 11.
See JENKINS-52282 and PR-3766 for more details.