Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add Icedtea 3.0.0pre09

[Ricardo Wurmus]

Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden> writes:

> Ricardo Wurmus <address@hidden> skribis:
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>> Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden> writes:
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>>> Ricardo Wurmus <address@hidden> skribis:
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> [...]
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>>>> 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.
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>>> I’d rather wait for an official release, but maybe there’s a good reason
>>> to use the pre-release?
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> [...]
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>> So many words for a variant of “I’m not sure” :)
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> 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