Marlin release train 0.9.2

[Laurent Bourgès]

Hi,

I am pleased to announce the following releases:

Marlin 0.9.2 released:

https://github.com/bourgesl/marlin-renderer/releases/tag/v0_9_2

MarlinFX 0.9.2 released as a jdk9 module patch:

https://github.com/bourgesl/marlin-fx/releases/tag/v0.9.2_b1

This is the complete upgrade of Marlin for JavaFX with the ultimate dash & path clipper, all precision fixes ... automated tests passed.

PS: Marlin 0.9 (2d) is now integrated in jdk11.

I will then propose a new patch to OpenJFX 11 soon to upgrade MarlinFX 0.8.2 to 0.9.2 !

Enjoy,

Laurent

[Mikael Hvidtfeldt Christensen]

Hi,

We recently started investigating the possibility of upgrading our applications (several large enterprise applications with a Swing front-end) from Java 8 to Java 10.

Within the first couple of days of testing, we noticed occasional freezes (on both Windows and Mac) which we traced back to NaN's in the Marlin Dasher code - so very likely due to this particular bug (the problems are not present on Java 9): https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8202580

My questions:

- Are there plans to backport the fix to the JDK 10.0.2 release?

- Do you plan to issue a module patch of v0.9.2 (like you did for the 0.9.1 version)? 

This is currently a 'blocker' issue for us, and I could imagine this would also be the case for other Java 10/Swing users.

Best, Mikael.

[Laurent Bourgès]

Hi Mikael,

We recently started investigating the possibility of upgrading our applications (several large enterprise applications with a Swing front-end) from Java 8 to Java 10.

Within the first couple of days of testing, we noticed occasional freezes (on both Windows and Mac) which we traced back to NaN's in the Marlin Dasher code - so very likely due to this particular bug (the problems are not present on Java 9): https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8202580

Thanks for your bug report.

I introduced the bug in dec 2016 (Marlin-fx 0.7.5) so it is a long-standing problem present in JDK-10 that remained hidden as it is related to the dash phase normalization (!= 0).

 

My questions:

- Are there plans to backport the fix to the JDK 10.0.2 release?

I asked Phil Race (2d team) if a backport in 10 is possible but the bar for a backport to be accepted is very high (only critical bugs).

I will insist again.

 

- Do you plan to issue a module patch of v0.9.2 (like you did for the 0.9.1 version)? 

Yes I will make a release 0.9.2 for JDK9+ soon.

 

This is currently a 'blocker' issue for us, and I could imagine this would also be the case for other Java 10/Swing users.

Thanks again for your feedback,

Laurent

[Laurent Bourgès]

Hi Mikael,

- Do you plan to issue a module patch of v0.9.2 (like you did for the 0.9.1 version)? 

Yes I will make a release 0.9.2 for JDK9+ soon.

Here is the Marlin release 0.9.2 for JDK9/10:

https://github.com/bourgesl/marlin-renderer/releases/tag/v0_9_2_jdk9

Laurent