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Re: openjdk-8 package available for review



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?

The first priority should be to ship with only one version of OpenJDK.
OpenJDK 8 is an option, but not a must have.  If you can make it work on all
architectures currently supported by OpenJDK 7, fine.

  Matthias


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