Idea: Ability to utilize alternative binary locations instead of just Oracle about ansible-role-java-open-jdk11 HOT 3 OPEN

Dear @crosscontrol!
First of all, thank you for reporting an idea 👍 You are the first issuer 🥇

As you probably know, I already have AdoptOpenJDK role here: https://github.com/KAMI911/ansible-role-java-adopt-open-jdk11

I think it is a great idea to support all common and popular OpenJDK installer in one Ansible Role. What about to introduce java_provider or java_dist variable to select OpenJDK, AdoptOpenJDK and Corretto values? Probably I will not build support for Oracle, since it is hart to test them when Oracle hide the download under a login screen. Of course If someone puts the Oracle JDK installer next to the role it will works. Another idea is to support all of them in separated branches (or repos) and roles. This way is easier to provide download and run feeling on Ansible role (don't have to do minimal configuration, just get the latest LTS version). What do you think about?

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Hi @KAMI911,

My pleasure, I try to help when I can. :)

As for the different options, I like your idea of adding variables like that. I think it would be easier to put it into one repository and make the default the OpenJDK version since that will be what most people will want. Then if someone wants another version they can easily configure it and we can include examples on how to do that. Having one repository will hopefully keep it all up to date and reduce maintenance across different repos. I agree about the Oracle JDK.

What do you think?

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I will pick up this issue again.

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