On 29 March 2014 01:02, Guillaume ALAUX <guillaume@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 28 March 2014 18:30, Caleb Cushing <xenoterracide@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > I'm just wondering what the plan is, if any, for getting java 8 > > packages into arch? > > > > -- > > Caleb Cushing > > > > http://xenoterracide.com > > > > Calendar: > > https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=xenoterracide%40gmail.com&ctz=America/Chicago > > Hello, > > There is no official Java 8 package in Arch Linux because the OpenJDK > we provide uses the IcedTea [0] but unfortunately IcedTea has no > stable version available **yet** for Java 8. More details about > IcedTea roadmap here [1]. So the plan (for me at least) is to wait for > IcedTea 3.0 that will support Java 8. Shipping a "vanilla" OpenJDK8 > into extra (possibly from the binaries provided by Oracle) could be an > option in the meantime. > > [0] http://icedtea.classpath.org/wiki/Main_Page > [1] http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2014-March/026727.html > > -- > Guillaume Hi Caleb, hi everyone, People interested in available JDK in Arch Linux can test this experimental unofficial repository [0] in which lie packages for OpenJDK7, OpenJDK8 and Oracle JRE/JDK 8 that do not conflict with each other. They come with a set of "meta" packages that hold common files as well as a simple script "archlinux-java" that enables to switch default JDKs. Use of this script is optional as it only modifies the following link "/usr/lib/jvm/java-default-runtime": this can easily be done by hand. Issues, remarks, feedback and suggestions would be greatly appreciated. [0] http://pkgbuild.com/~guillaume/repos/jdk/ -- Guillaume
