On 29 March 2014 01:02, Guillaume ALAUX <guillaume@archlinux.org> wrote:
On 28 March 2014 18:30, Caleb Cushing <xenoterracide@gmail.com> wrote:
I'm just wondering what the plan is, if any, for getting java 8 packages into arch?
-- Caleb Cushing
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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