Compile problem: package com.sun.javafx.application does not exist

[Bas Couwenberg]

On 2017-07-19 09:08, Dirk Stöcker wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Jul 2017, Vincent Privat wrote:
> 
>> See https://josm.openstreetmap.de/ticket/2089#comment:16
>> 
>> Fedora just added support for openjfx, 2.5 years after Debian.
>> For OpenSUSE, no fresh news apart Java developers complaining about 
>> lack of
>> support.
> 
> This is again such a "packinging friendly" software which has unclear
> dependencies and assumes that a build server has internet access and
> instead of simply checking dependencies properly it tries to download
> them in the build process (typical brainfucked maven behaviour).
> 
> Some people are working on a package, but yet there is nothing really
> working. A properly working build setup would be fine.

The Debian build daemons and pbuilder/cowbuilder chroots also don't have 
network access, you can possibly find inspiration in their packaging do 
deal with the no-network situation.

It generally comes down to having the dependencies packaged as well and 
installing those in the build environment.

Kind Regards,

Bas