Re: Using openjdk9 as the default JDK

[Alex Vong]

Thanks, people. I'm looking forwards to playing with jaotc :)

Gábor Boskovits <address@hidden> writes:

> Hello,
>
> 2019. márc. 5., K 20:00 dátummal Alex Vong <address@hidden> ezt írta:
>
>  Ricardo Wurmus <address@hidden> writes:
>
>  > Hi Gábor,
>  >
>  >>> there are a few packages now that require Java 9, such as
>  >>> java-eclipse-jdt-compiler-apt (that I’m 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_history
>  >
>  > Good point.  Let’s use openjdk11 then.
>
>  From this page <https://icedtea.classpath.org/wiki/Main_Page>, the
>  latest icedtea is for openjdk 8. Does this mean that we have to patch
>  icedtea to build openjdk 11?
>
> As of openjdk9 openjdk became free, so there is no longer a need for icetea. 
> That is why
> there is no newer version, and you can find openjdk 9 10 and 11 in guix.
>
> Best regards,
> g_bor

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