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Re: openjdk-8 package available for review



On Wed, Apr 09, 2014 at 12:12:57AM +0200, Emmanuel Bourg wrote:
> 
> OpenJDK 8 in Jessie is a must-have in my opinion, and we are now on
> track to provide a proper package.

Agree.

> The question of the default-jdk is open for discussion. Fedora 21 will
> default to OpenJDK 8 and I wish we could switch as well. David Suarez
> has kindly accepted to launch a rebuild of the Java packages with
> OpenJDK 8 and we have ~80 packages to fix [1] (see [2] for a summary of
> the issues encountered). I started fixing some packages and reporting
> the issues upstream, but I think more manpower is needed to fix and
> stabilize everything before the freeze.

This is a discussion we have to have now as jessie freeze deadline
approaches.

I already identified some of my packages in that list so I'll begin
fixing that.

We agree on the manpower issue for this as well.

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