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Re: OpenJDK 8 transition

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Date	Wed, 29 Jul 2015 06:30:01 +0200
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On 07/28/2015 12:49 AM, Emmanuel Bourg wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> We are reaching the end of the OpenJDK 8 transition, we are down to one
> package failing to build with the new version, and not the least since
> it's Eclipse. There is also a handful of patches available for other
> packages waiting for their maintainers or a NMU [1].
> 
> I think we should now consider switching the default JDK. There is still
> some time to migrate Eclipse before the next release.
> 
> I suggest that we do the switch the first week of September. OpenJDK 7
> will remain available, but ultimately we aim for its removal in Stretch
> to lower the maintenance burden.
> 
> What do you think?

I think this is great!  The first week in September sounds good.

Thank you for all of your efforts towards this goal.

Cheers,
tony

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OpenJDK 8 transition Emmanuel Bourg <ebourg@apache.org> - 2015-07-28 09:50 +0200
  Re: OpenJDK 8 transition tony mancill <tmancill@debian.org> - 2015-07-29 06:30 +0200
    Re: OpenJDK 8 transition tmancill@debian.org - 2015-07-29 16:40 +0200
      Re: OpenJDK 8 transition Emmanuel Bourg <ebourg@apache.org> - 2015-07-29 16:50 +0200
      Re: OpenJDK 8 transition Emmanuel Bourg <ebourg@apache.org> - 2015-09-01 23:30 +0200
        Re: OpenJDK 8 transition Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org> - 2015-09-03 00:50 +0200
          Re: OpenJDK 8 transition Emmanuel Bourg <ebourg@apache.org> - 2015-09-03 09:00 +0200
            Re: OpenJDK 8 transition Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org> - 2015-09-03 14:00 +0200
              Re: OpenJDK 8 transition Thorsten Glaser <t.glaser@tarent.de> - 2015-09-03 16:20 +0200
                Re: OpenJDK 8 transition Thorsten Glaser <t.glaser@tarent.de> - 2015-09-03 16:50 +0200
                Re: OpenJDK 8 transition John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de> - 2015-09-03 17:00 +0200
                Re: OpenJDK 8 transition Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> - 2015-09-03 17:10 +0200
  Re: OpenJDK 8 transition Miguel Landaeta <nomadium@debian.org> - 2015-07-29 16:40 +0200
  Re: OpenJDK 8 transition Chris West <solo-debian-java@goeswhere.com> - 2015-09-01 22:20 +0200
    Re: OpenJDK 8 transition Emmanuel Bourg <ebourg@apache.org> - 2015-09-01 23:30 +0200

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