On 28 June 2011 23:41, Thomas Dziedzic <gostrc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > Java 7 is getting released on July 28th so I thought it would be a good time > to let users test it out. > I have just pushed jre/jdk 7 build 147 into [community-testing] so that > users can have a month in advance to report bugs, and notify upstream > projects if they are incompatible with java 7. > You should be able to install jre/jdk 7 without the need to enable any of > the testing repos. > > I have tested it on my computer with a couple of browser games which seem to > work fine. > > The only program that doesn't work with Java 7 afaik is minecraft, the > specific problem can be tracked here: > http://getsatisfaction.com/mojang/topics/minecraft_doesnt_work_with_java_7 > Hopefully we can have enough users complaining that the devs will take > notice. > > A summary of the changes that come with Java 7: > http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk7/features/ > > Bugs that are not packaging bugs should be submitted to > http://bugreport.sun.com/bugreport/ > > The Java 7 feedback forum is located at > http://www.java.net/forums/jdk/java-se-snapshots-project-feedback?force=259 > > Cheers! > It works fine with Intellij IDEA and Free Rapid Downloader. Lukas
