Path: csiph.com!news.mixmin.net!aioe.org!bofh.it!news.nic.it!robomod From: Geert Stappers Newsgroups: linux.debian.maint.java Subject: Re: OpenJDK 8 Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2022 16:20:01 +0200 Message-ID: References: X-Original-To: Thomas Vatter , debian-java@lists.debian.org X-Mailbox-Line: From debian-java-request@lists.debian.org Wed Sep 28 14:12:09 2022 Old-Return-Path: X-Amavis-Spam-Status: No, score=-7 tagged_above=-10000 required=5.3 tests=[BAYES_00=-2, LDO_WHITELIST=-5] autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: NeoMutt/20170113 (1.7.2) X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/23082 List-ID: List-URL: List-Archive: https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/20220928141148.avvy3pqxvyv3vwxh@gpm.stappers.nl Approved: robomod@news.nic.it Lines: 38 Organization: linux.* mail to news gateway Sender: robomod@news.nic.it X-Original-Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2022 16:11:48 +0200 X-Original-Message-ID: <20220928141148.avvy3pqxvyv3vwxh@gpm.stappers.nl> X-Original-References: <39117dae-3a82-a930-a21b-1654ce5bf333@network-inventory.eu> <9f51cc75-5563-29d6-1a68-0a100e5a162e@network-inventory.eu> Xref: csiph.com linux.debian.maint.java:12443 On Wed, Sep 28, 2022 at 01:30:02PM +0000, Thomas Vatter wrote: > Am 28.09.22 um 10:22 schrieb Phil Morrell: > > On Wed, Sep 28, 2022 at 08:32:23AM +0000, Thomas Vatter wrote: > > > a complete OpenJDK 8 is missing in the repo. There is only a server VM. > > > > Hi Thomas, > > > Hi Phil, Hello Mailinglist, > > OpenJDK 8 LTS has not been included in Debian since stretch which as of > > June 30th is no longer supported by LTS team. Please update to v11 LTS > > from Debian buster or bullseye and be ready to use v17 LTS going > > forward. Alternatively, if absolutely necessary, you can reach outside > > Debian with `extrepo enable wtf-lts` to get unofficial packages by the > > same maintainer. > > > since Java 8 Update 341 is the default on java.com I think it should be in > the Debian repo. Bend those "I think ... should ..." into "What is needed"-questions. Groeten Geert Stappers P.S. Some failed self censoring, a.k.a. old fashion F.U.D. Fear Uncertainty and Doubt: What is a recent example of Oracle understanding there is libre software? -- Silence is hard to parse