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Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add Icedtea 3.0.0pre09
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Ricardo Wurmus |
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Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add Icedtea 3.0.0pre09 |
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Tue, 19 Apr 2016 14:48:16 +0200 |
Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden> writes:
> Ricardo Wurmus <address@hidden> skribis:
>
>> Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>>> Ricardo Wurmus <address@hidden> 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
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