[oe] meta-java - recent commits break foreign (MY!) builds ...

[Otavio Salvador]

On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 4:33 AM, Richard Leitner
<richard.leitner at skidata.com> wrote:
> On 08/28/2015 04:11 PM, Otavio Salvador wrote:
>> On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 3:59 AM, Richard Leitner
>> <richard.leitner at skidata.com> wrote:
>>> I think we should keep (and UPDATE!) openjdk 6 & 7 as long as they get
>>> support from RedHat and therefore IcedTea. There may be users relying on
>>> the old java version for their long-term-supported products (so do we)!
>>>
>>> IMHO we should start with openjdk 6: remove the old versions and add the
>>> latest (1.13.8)!
>>>
>>> What do you think? Any comments?
>>
>> If you are willing to work on that, I have no problem.
>
> As I mentioned, I will update openjdk-7 as long as I need it. If it's
> okay for you I will send patches for these updates to the ml. From a
> current point of view it looks like I will provide updates until end of
> 2016 at least.

Yes; fine with me.

>> The point is Java is complex and we have few people working on this so
>> I prefer one well maintained version than 3 oddly ones.
>
> I understand that. But currently I have no need for openjdk-8. Therefore
> my focus is on keeping openjdk-7 up to date.

Sure.

Specially if your app works with OpenJDK 8 I see no much benefit in
keep using the old version. Do you see it differently?

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