From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alex Vong Subject: Re: Using openjdk9 as the default JDK Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2019 03:00:06 +0800 Message-ID: <87y35tw3ih.fsf@gmail.com> References: <874l8hwuwk.fsf@elephly.net> <871s3lwt4y.fsf@elephly.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:34426) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1h1FIr-0006Ro-1H for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Mar 2019 14:00:38 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1h1FIp-0005CT-5T for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Mar 2019 14:00:36 -0500 Received: from mail-pf1-x435.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4864:20::435]:39173) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1h1FIm-0004q1-T1 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Mar 2019 14:00:33 -0500 Received: by mail-pf1-x435.google.com with SMTP id i20so6393459pfo.6 for ; Tue, 05 Mar 2019 11:00:20 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <871s3lwt4y.fsf@elephly.net> (Ricardo Wurmus's message of "Tue, 05 Mar 2019 10:46:37 +0100") List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Ricardo Wurmus Cc: Guix-devel --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Ricardo Wurmus writes: > Hi G=C3=A1bor, > >>> there are a few packages now that require Java 9, such as >>> java-eclipse-jdt-compiler-apt (that I=E2=80=99m currently packaging). >>> >>> We should aim to use openjdk9 as the default JDK. >>> >>> What do you think? >>> >> >> Do you think that aiming for openjdk11 directly is too much? >> 9 is not supported, but 11 will be supported until 2026. >> >> For further information see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_version_h= istory > > Good point. Let=E2=80=99s use openjdk11 then. From=20this page , the latest icedtea is for openjdk 8. Does this mean that we have to patch icedtea to build openjdk 11? --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHUEARYIAB0WIQQwb8uPLAHCXSnTBVZh71Au9gJS8gUCXH7HNgAKCRBh71Au9gJS 8guaAP4gQaF/4SiTQr9Jw0s2tYcGclq+xsNvrpHz/wGgcB22bAEA+CREu/2RyPK4 AntZWjJGQWW94jrH12UXywkgRIlUcAE= =4uQW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--