2014-03-21 13:11 GMT+01:00 Jaroslav Reznik <jreznik@redhat.com>:
= Proposed System Wide Change: Java 8 =
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Java8
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== Detailed Description ==
    OpenJDK8 is much more strict when it comes to building javadocs. Many -
javadoc package in Fedora fail to build. Those that are built should continue
working just fine.

(selective quoting)
== Scope ==
* Proposal owners:
** In case of a mass rebuild, supply/apply patches to fix build against OpenJDK
8
* Other developers:
** Other java packagers will need to apply patches to their java package to
ensure they can build against OpenJDK 8
** Everyone will need to test packages to verify that they work against
OpenJDK 8

* Release engineering:
** Possibly mass-rebuild (?) all Java packages. This is not strictly required
to make OpenJDK 8 the default Java runtime.

Given the known large number of failures (OptionalJavadocs says "80% build failure rate" without saying that all are JavaDoc-related), we really should do a mass rebuild to identify which packages fail to build and to file bugs soonish, instead of waiting for a Fedora-wide mass rebuild and then scrambling to fix dozens/hundreds of build failures in to avoid slipping the schedule.  We don't necessarily need an official one, perhaps only in a never-to-be-merged side tag (or even scratch builds?)
    Mirek