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| From: | Ricardo Wurmus |
| Subject: | bug#26966: [PATCH 14/22] gnu: Add icedtea-6. |
| Date: | Mon, 22 May 2017 16:33:00 +0200 |
| User-agent: | mu4e 0.9.18; emacs 25.2.1 |
Roel Janssen <address@hidden> writes: > Ricardo Wurmus writes: > >> * gnu/packages/java.scm (icedtea-6): New variable. >> --- […] > > LGTM. Are we supposed to get rid of IcedTea completely in the long run? No. IcedTea is the only way to install the latest JDK with free software. Unfortunately, one needs to use the JDK6 to build the JDK7, and the JDK7 to build the JDK8. Because of that we won’t be able to get rid of any of the older IcedTea packages in the future (unless a new JDK pops up). -- Ricardo GPG: BCA6 89B6 3655 3801 C3C6 2150 197A 5888 235F ACAC https://elephly.net
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