I also would like to see 1.7.0 stick around for awhile. Not necessarily as the default, but at least available in the repos. As it stands, it's difficult to use a modern Fedora on projects that are still developing against JDK 1.6. -- Christopher L Tubbs II http://gravatar.com/ctubbsii On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 4:05 PM, Aleksandar Kurtakov <akurtako@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Please keep java 1.7.0 around for some time. It would make moving easier if we have to jump back for a build or two. > > Alexander Kurtakov > Red Hat Eclipse team > > ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Omair Majid" <omajid@xxxxxxxxxx> >> To: "Development discussions related to Fedora" <devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2014 9:07:39 PM >> Subject: Re: F21 System Wide Change: Java 8 >> >> * Mikolaj Izdebski <mizdebsk@xxxxxxxxxx> [2014-03-24 11:55]: >> > That's exactly the problem. We need to use a modified version of >> > java-1.8.0-openjdk with extra provides and adjusted priorities for >> > alternatives. >> >> I have started a new java-1.8.0-openjdk build that should fix this: >> http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=506921 >> >> > Blocking java-1.7.0-oepnjdk may also be required. This >> > makes it impossible to scratch-build Java packages using f21-build >> > target in current state. >> >> Is there anything I can/should do here? Shall I file a rel-eng ticket to >> block java-1.7.0-openjdk? Would it be worth waiting a little while to >> ensure that there are no show-stopper bugs in java-1.8.0-openjdk? >> >> Thanks, >> Omair >> >> -- >> PGP Key: 66484681 (http://pgp.mit.edu/) >> Fingerprint = F072 555B 0A17 3957 4E95 0056 F286 F14F 6648 4681 >> -- >> devel mailing list >> devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel >> Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct > -- > devel mailing list > devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel > Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
