Question: what is the recommended process for renaming a package

[ezzarghili]

Hello,

The GCN (Graal Cloud Native) project and its tools are being renamed to GDK (Graal Dev Kit).

This has been already reflected on the website and repo, artifacts update is scheduld for next release on July 16th 2024 .

I was wondering what would be the best way to approch this in SDKMAN?

• Rename the existing package from GCN to GDK?
• Create a PR for a new GDK package, how do we archive the old version (mark it as moved?)

Thanks

[marc0der]

Hi @ezzarghili 👋

I'm a bit confused about this. We currently host two variants of GraalVM, namely the Oracle packages (identified by graal on the CLI) and the Community Edition (identified by graalce).

Rename the existing package from GCN to GDK?

Not sure what that means. Is that on the SDKMAN website or somewhere else? We have nothing called GCN right now.

Create a PR for a new GDK package, how do we archive the old version (mark it as moved?)

The entire project is driven by dynamic data. If you are referring to the individual versions that we host, they are all in a database. Renaming these historic versions would require a data migration on our side. Also, we point to the actual binaries on the Internet, so I hope that you are not proposing renaming the actual web resources, as that would cause widespread breakage.

[ezzarghili]

Hi @marc0der
Applogies if my initial post was not clear enough, I am talking about the tool defined in GCN not GraalVM.

We would want to only rename the package and new versions

Thank you for continous assistance

[marc0der]

Hi @ezzarghili, no apologies from me for not fully understanding the context!

We don't currently have a process for renaming a candidate, so I might need to do this manually against our database using some scripts. Also, are you currently publishing your releases using our vendor API? If so, that would also need some changes. Lastly, can you send me how the new copy should read on our website?

Once I have all these bits, I can look into doing it all in one go.

[ezzarghili]

Hi @marc0der sorry, this took forever on my side, somehow missed this reply.

The candidate name should be gdk

yes, I am using the Vendor API

Graal Cloud Native (GCN) is a curated set of Micronaut(tm) framework modules designed from the ground up to be compiled ahead-of-time with GraalVM Native image resulting in native executables ideal for microservices.With GCN, You can build portable cloud-native Java microservices that start instantly and use fewer resources to reduce compute costs.

Should be replaced by

The Graal Development Kit for Micronaut (GDK) is a curated set of open source Micronaut® framework modules designed from the ground up to be compiled ahead-of-time with GraalVM Native Image resulting in native executables ideal for microservices. with GDK, You can build portable cloud native Java microservices that start instantly and use fewer resources to reduce compute costs.

[ezzarghili]

Hi @marc0der, applogies for being persistent.

Would be great if we can move this forward, and please let me know if you need any more details from me.
This become a problem as most AI LLMs would suggest to end users to use sdkman install gdk which does not exist.