I'm not proposing having OpenJDK7 in Fedora 21. What I'm asking for is to have
them both for a month or two before obsoleting so transition can be smoother if problems
appear.
Alexander Kurtakov
Red Hat Eclipse team
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From: "Deepak Bhole" <dbhole(a)redhat.com>
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Subject: Re: F21 System Wide Change: Java 8
* Christopher <ctubbsii(a)apache.org> [2014-03-25 19:59]:
> I also would like to see 1.7.0 stick around for awhile. Not
> necessarily as the default, but at least available in the repos. As it
> stands, it's difficult to use a modern Fedora on projects that are
> still developing against JDK 1.6.
>
Unfortunately, OpenJDK7 will be EOLd in April 2015[1], which is within
the support time-frame of the F21. This is one the reasons why we would
like to be able to switch over to OpenJDK8 asap for F21.
1:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/eol-135779.html
Deepak
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> On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 4:05 PM, Aleksandar Kurtakov
> <akurtako(a)redhat.com> wrote:
> > Please keep java 1.7.0 around for some time. It would make moving easier
> > if we have to jump back for a build or two.
> >
> > Alexander Kurtakov
> > Red Hat Eclipse team
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Omair Majid" <omajid(a)redhat.com>
> >> To: "Development discussions related to Fedora"
> >> <devel(a)lists.fedoraproject.org>
> >> Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2014 9:07:39 PM
> >> Subject: Re: F21 System Wide Change: Java 8
> >>
> >> * Mikolaj Izdebski <mizdebsk(a)redhat.com> [2014-03-24 11:55]:
> >> > That's exactly the problem. We need to use a modified version of
> >> > java-1.8.0-openjdk with extra provides and adjusted priorities for
> >> > alternatives.
> >>
> >> I have started a new java-1.8.0-openjdk build that should fix this:
> >>
http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=506921
> >>
> >> > Blocking java-1.7.0-oepnjdk may also be required. This
> >> > makes it impossible to scratch-build Java packages using f21-build
> >> > target in current state.
> >>
> >> Is there anything I can/should do here? Shall I file a rel-eng ticket to
> >> block java-1.7.0-openjdk? Would it be worth waiting a little while to
> >> ensure that there are no show-stopper bugs in java-1.8.0-openjdk?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Omair
> >>
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