Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add Icedtea 3.0.0pre09

[Roel Janssen <roel@gnu.org>]

Ricardo Wurmus writes:

> Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> writes:
>
>> Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net> skribis:
>>
>>> Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> writes:
>>>
>>>> Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net> skribis:
>>
>> [...]
>>
>>>>> Does it make sense to push this patch to master?  Or should we wait for
>>>>> an official release?  Java 1.8 is already pretty old and it seems like
>>>>> the pre-release is enough to build OpenJDK 8.
>>>>
>>>> I’d rather wait for an official release, but maybe there’s a good reason
>>>> to use the pre-release?
>>
>> [...]
>>
>>> So many words for a variant of “I’m not sure” :)
>>
>> In short ;-), it seems to me that packaging this pre-release would make
>> sense since it would bring the power of Java 8 to our users, so go for it!
>
> Time has offered an alternative option.  IcedTea 3.0.0 has been
> released, so I updated the package expression and pushed it.
>
> We now have support for Java 8.  (...or 1.8, or IcedTea version 3.0.0,
> gah, these version numbers drive me crazy!)
>
> ~~ Ricardo

This is cool.  Thanks!