Can you provide machine-readable release data?

[joschi]

Projects such as Disco API, Java Metadata API, and @raphw's Overview of OpenJDK distributions provide a comprehensive overview over the JDK ecosystem and are being used as upstream data sources for various other projects, for example version managers such as asdf-java.

These projects rely on accurate and readily available data about JDK releases of each vendor. While there are some "model students" such as AdoptOpenJDK with their API and Azul with their Azul Zulu OpenJDK Discovery API, many JDK vendors do not provide such information.

Being derived from AdoptOpenJDK code, the Microsoft OpenJDK distribution could surely provide better metadata about their JDK releases than a prerendered HTML page this information would have to (incorrectly and with unnecessary effort) be scraped.

References:

• https://twitter.com/joschi83/status/1379510869579730945
• https://forums.aws.amazon.com/thread.jspa?threadID=335202
• https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/web-discuss/2021-February/000586.html

[karianna]

Hi @joschi - The AdoptOpenJDK author happens to work in our group and so we're looking into this, but no promises yet!

[joschi]

The AdoptOpenJDK author happens to work in our group and so we're looking into this, but no promises yet!

If the "full-fledged" version is not going to happen or will take some time to consider and implement, then a scraping-friendly website would also work. 😉

[karianna]

We have added some basic data for the Eclipse Adoptium Marketplace. We may consider further API work. If that is desirable please do open an issue!

[d3r3kk]

@joschi with the Microsoft Build of OpenJDK now present on the Eclipse-Adoptium marketplace, is a static JSON file still warranted?