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[Matthias Klose <doko@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 13.07.2018 12:39, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Matthias Klose, le ven. 13 juil. 2018 12:04:42 +0200, a ecrit:
> > this issue now has two patches, one to install the properties file, and the
> > other to extend the class path.  Are both needed?
>
> Yes.
>
> > Can you see any compatibility issues when the accessibility stuff
> > isn't used?
>
> I didn't see any.

hmm, I'm not sure. the upstream issue asks instead about

"""
This is a consequence of the JPMS. ATK will need to be reimplemented as a 
Service Provider, to be
loaded by java.util.ServiceLoader. In order to do this it must provide an SPI 
which extends
javax.accessibility.AccessibilityProvider
See
https://docs.oracle.com/javase/10/docs/api/java/awt/Toolkit.html#getDefaultToolkit()
and
https://docs.oracle.com/javase/10/docs/api/javax/accessibility/AccessibilityProvider.html
"""