One of the biggest offenders (Eclipse) is now happily compiling(always has been running fine) with Java 8 and while looking at fixing it many other issues has been identified and fixed so personally I'm fine with OpenJDK7 being obsoleted now. Alexander Kurtakov Red Hat Eclipse team ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Aleksandar Kurtakov" <akurtako@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: "Deepak Bhole" <dbhole@xxxxxxxxxx>, "Development discussions related to Fedora" <devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 3:41:30 PM > Subject: Re: F21 System Wide Change: Java 8 > > I'm not proposing having OpenJDK7 in Fedora 21. What I'm asking for is to > have them both for a month or two before obsoleting so transition can be > smoother if problems appear. > > Alexander Kurtakov > Red Hat Eclipse team > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Deepak Bhole" <dbhole@xxxxxxxxxx> > > To: "Development discussions related to Fedora" > > <devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 3:31:59 PM > > Subject: Re: F21 System Wide Change: Java 8 > > > > * 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 > > > > Deepak > > > > > -- > > > 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 > > -- > > 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
