Re: F21 System Wide Change: Java 8

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is this version of eclipse be ported to rhel dev tools for rhel-6 and
rhel-7?

On 05/06/2014 09:50 AM, Aleksandar Kurtakov wrote:
> 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
>>>>>>
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