On Mon, 2018-12-17 at 13:22 +0100, Florian Weimer wrote: > What's the expected set of OpenJDK packages in Fedora 29? > > I see three version: > > java-openjdk-headless-11.0.1.13-8.rolling.fc29.x86_64 > java-11-openjdk-headless-11.0.1.13-4.fc29.x86_64 > java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless-1.8.0.191.b12-11.fc29.x86_64 This looks right. > Surely we do not need two versions of OpenJDK 11? Package java-openjdk is tracking the latest GA'ed version of OpenJDK. Right now that's JDK 11. Coincidentally, this is also an LTS version which is packaged elsewhere (java-11-openjdk). java-openjdk will be JDK 12 once it's GA in spring 2019. This situation will re-occur once an LTS version is also the latest GA'ed JDK. It's a weird construct, but we don't have good alternatives for a rolling release package: A) JDK 10 is already EOL, JDK 12 isn't GA'ed yet, so not really suitable for a stable Fedora release. B) Retiring the package, then unretiring it when it's no longer matching an LTS release seems sub-optimal user experience. C) Virtually providing it isn't possible, without breakages. Not all JDK packages are ready for JDK 9+. If java-11-openjdk virtually provided java-openjdk-headless it might break apps. Given the above, we've opted for this solution. > And I think it was possible to install LibreOffice without OpenJDK 8. > With the current updates/updates-testing composes, this no longer > appears to be possible. Is this a deliberate change? Do you know which package drags in OpenJDK 8? IIRC, libreoffice-ure has a require on 'libjvm.so()'[1]. The plan is to only provide it for the main JDK in Fedora (currently JDK 8). The reason is the same as above. Not all projects are ready for JDK 9+ (or 11). HTH, Severin [1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1590796#c14 _______________________________________________ java-devel mailing list -- java-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to java-devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/java-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
