Re: openjdk-8 package available for review
Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org> writes:
> Am 02.05.2014 06:36, schrieb tony mancill:
>> On 05/01/2014 10:05 AM, Emmanuel Bourg wrote:
>>> Le 01/05/2014 18:27, Felix Natter a écrit :
>>
>>>> Another question: Is it sufficient to point "update-java-alternatives"
>>>> to openjdk-8 in order to use it to build and run subsequent packages
>>>> (that build-depend on default-jdk and depend on default-jre)?
>>>
>>> To build with Java 8 you have to change the JAVA_HOME variable. It's
>>> defined in every debian/rules file and usually points to
>>> /usr/lib/jvm/default-java. update-java-alternatives doesn't change the VM
>>> linked to this path, you have to change debian/rules or install a
>>> modified version of default-jdk:
>>>
>>> http://87.98.165.193/debian/java-common/
>>
>> Given that we're 6 months from the freeze, and just 4 months from the
>> deadline for any new transitions [1], is it reasonable to target uploading
>> a new java-common to experimental that depends on openjdk-8 in the next
>> month or so?
hello Matthias,
> The first priority should be to ship with only one version of OpenJDK.
Does that mean that you intend to ship openjdk-7 xor openjdk-8 in
jessie? I think it would be good to keep openjdk-7 in case there are
problems (like rendering problems [1]) with openjdk-8. I am in the
process of testing 8, but I probably won't be able to reproduce all
issues with 8 (and 7 seems to work quite well).
[1] http://freeplane.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Rendering_Issues
BTW: my package jmapviewer still Depends: on openjdk-7-jre. This should
soon be changed to default-jre, right? (I _think_ David wants to package
1.03 anyway...).
Cheers and Best Regards,
--
Felix Natter
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