This lead people to look into alternative JDK distributions. AdoptOpenJDK[5] and AWS Corretto [6] seems to be good options. However, by the time this post is written, AWS Corretto still in its preview state.
By the way, the aim of this post is not to talk about other OpenJDK distributions but to build your JDK distribution.
Let's get our hands dirty.
Hmmmmm, no, you don't have to get your hands dirty. I have made it super simple for you :). I have made a docker image[7] which contains all the necessary dependent tools and libraries. Just follow the below mantioned steps and you will have your own OpenJDK distribution.
Note: Install Docker[1], if you haven't done it yet.
1. Pull the docker image
docker pull jsdjayanga/ubuntu-openjdk8-build
2. Spin up a container with the above image
docker run -it jsdjayanga/ubuntu-openjdk8-build
3. Go to source the directory
cd jdk8u
4. Checkout the tag
hg checkout jdk8u192-b12
5. Run the configure. You can set your name as the release user if you wish by setting --with-user-release-suffix
bash configure --enable-unlimited-crypto --with-user-release-suffix=jsdjayanga --with-build-number=b01 --with-milestone=192
6. Create images
make images
This process would take 30min to 1h and finally, you have your own OpenJDK distribution in the following location.
/jdk8u/build/linux-x86_64-normal-server-release/images
Try this is out and share your experience :)
[1] https://openjdk.java.net/
[2] https://www.oracle.com/index.html
[3] https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk8-downloads-2133151.html
[4] https://java.com/en/download/release_notice.jsp
[5] https://adoptopenjdk.net/
[6] https://aws.amazon.com/corretto/
[7] https://hub.docker.com/r/jsdjayanga/ubuntu-openjdk8-build
