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That is the reason I created the OpenJDK Snap package back in December 2020, but at that time it was because OpenJDK 15 was not available in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. For a more detailed explanation of my reasons, please see the short Motivation section of the Security page on my website. With the OpenJDK Snap package, I can automatically get the latest version of OpenJDK on my system with a package that was built securely on the same Launchpad build farm that builds all of the other software in Ubuntu. Furthermore, I also install my own Strictly Maven and Strictly NetBeans packages so that my full development environment runs inside a strictly-confined container that has limited access to the rest of my system. The reason I want NetBeans and Maven to run strictly confined is because they include hundreds of build-time dependencies and run-time plugins that come from packages outside of Ubuntu, so I don't trust them to run on my system without these constraints. If you're not interested in the security aspects of the OpenJDK Snap package, you can download and install the OpenJDK 21 build from Oracle as an alternative. |
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I see that Ubuntu has the latest OpenJDJ-21 here, but only for Ubuntu 23.04 & 23.10:
https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=openjdk
So what are the advantages of jgneff/openjdk over the official Ubuntu ones? Is it simply if you don't want to wait for Ubuntu to release an official OpenJDK-21 for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS; because they will never release it for 22.04; or is it something else?
As I understand it, it Ubuntu's official repositories often takes longer to release something because they are doing more rigorous testing? Meaning unofficial repositories like this is mainly for developers who want access to new versions with features?
(In the case that OpenJDK is slated for a Ubuntu 22.04 release, any clue on how long it will take?)
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