On 26 March 2014 10:29, Christopher <ctubbsii@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
-- On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 9:31 AM, Deepak Bhole <dbhole@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:I don't see how Oracle tentatively dropping long-term public support
> * Christopher <ctubbsii@xxxxxxxxxx> [2014-03-25 19:59]:
>> 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.
>>
>
> Unfortunately, OpenJDK7 will be EOLd in April 2015[1], which is within
> the support time-frame of the F21. This is one the reasons why we would
> like to be able to switch over to OpenJDK8 asap for F21.
>
> 1: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/eol-135779.html
for 7 means that Fedora needs can no longer provide OpenJDK7 in its
repos (not as default, of course), with or without additional updates,
for developers who want to use a modern Fedora, but need to develop
for applications/hardware that requires strict 7 compatibility.
The problem is that some organization needs to come up and say they are going to do security support for JDK7 after it is EOL from Oracle. It is not like Java has a stellar security history where it can sit out for a long time without someone putting in fixes. If such a group does come forward then some sort of compat could be handled. Otherwise it is going to be a large liability for any distribution to bundle the code.
Stephen J Smoogen.
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