Multiple Distros for Java Runtimes

[kameshsampath]

It will be nice to have OpenWhisk JDK runtimes available on multiple distributions

• centos
• debian
• alpine

The initial work of this can follow the pattern like https://github.com/kameshsampath/adoptopenjdk .

Moving this discussion from #24, #18 to discuss and freeze on this.

@Param-S lets continue the discussion here

@csantanapr - we are moving this discussion into its own thread .

@bbrowning - this is something we started to discuss the other day slack. Please add your thoughts comments here.

[csantanapr]

Also need to consider architect to the matrix of images
s390x ppc64 arm (ie raspberry pi/edge device)

[Param-S]

I see, 2 requirements,

1. Supporting different architectures
2. Supporting different distributions

Yes, I agree with supporting different architectures . But do we need to support images based on different distributions. Can't we have single distribution across multiple architectures. (could be alpine/musl based image).

[kameshsampath]

But do we need to support images based on different distributions. Can't we have single distribution across multiple architectures. (could be alpine/musl based image).

IMHO yes. My thoughts:

• Alpine is not suited for production env and it has some security flaws. I have seen some thread where they have issues with JDK > 1.8.1 u131 - this where Java started to understand cgroups still experimental options but soon would be in mainstream.

• When to increase user adoption we need to support popular distros e.g centos and debian, that makes the developer extend these images with their favorite distros