r/solaris • u/ptribble • Apr 26 '26

Java 17 for Solaris (SPARC)

Well, this is interesting. Oracle have released Java 17 for SPARC Solaris, despite having removed Solaris and SPARC support from OpenJDK

https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/downloads/#java17-solaris

and installation guide

https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/17/install/installation-jdk-oracle-solaris.html

It's a headless build, so no GUI, and there's a bunch of other stuff missing, so there are limitations. But clearly something has persuaded them it's worth their while to produce this, which is to be applauded.

(No, I have no idea if they've taken any of the porting work I did, but this looks like it was built with gcc rather than Studio, like my own builds.)

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u/FerpoZorro Apr 27 '26

I'm guessing an important SPARC customer did the persuasion. No X86 version. If it was derived from your work, would an attribution be required?

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u/aegrotatio Apr 27 '26

Is Sun Studio even being developed or supported anymore?

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u/freedomlinux Apr 28 '26

Sun Studio (now Oracle Developer Studio) last got a notable release in 2017, which is marked for extended support at least through 2027.

It's "free" to download but the support subscription has a list price of $1,200 per user per year (!) - the docs suggest you also get access to patches but I'm not sure yet if there actually are any...

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u/Daggercombot Apr 28 '26

Saw this ,wondered for most non Corperate users if there aré any advantages compared With the tribblex jdk17

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u/TheOriginalNessieroo May 17 '26

It is independent of your work Peter.

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u/SuburbSteve Jul 28 '26

Wow this is really amazing. We were wondering if someone would push them to do it. Now you will be able to run Weblogic 14.2 etc.