Re: changing the java default to java7, and dropping java support for some architectures

Hey Matthias

On 06/05/13 15:22, Matthias Klose wrote:
> It's time to change the Java default to java7, and to drop java support on
> architectures with non-working java7.

+1

> Patches for the transition to Java7 should be available in the BTS, mostly
> submitted by James Page.  Some may be still lurking around as diffs in Ubuntu
> packages, apologies for that.  There are a few cases, where Java7 is not yet an
> alternative to Java6, so the transition should not be blocked on these missing
> bits. However it should be clear that this is an interim solution, and OpenJDK 6
> will be removed for jessie.

The outstanding list of submitted patches (from the transition in Ubuntu 
12.10) can be found here:

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?tag=openjdk-7-transition;[email protected]

The list of packages I did not transition includes (taken from Ubuntu 
13.04):

Reverse-Build-Depends-Indep
===========================
* clojure1.2
* jmock2

Reverse-Build-Depends
=====================
* arb
* libextractor-java
* libsbml
* netbeans
* nordugrid-arc
* openjdk-6
* osmosis-plugin-borderextract
* scala
* uwsgi
* wims

These packages explicitly BD on openjdk-6-jdk - some notes on why (only 
a partial list):

wims: compiler flags all over the place not compatible with openjdk-7
rjava: involved as needs a build system change as well
scala: lots of code failures - may need to stick with 6
uwsgi: Specifically targets and provides java 6 packages..
visualvm: specifically targets openjdk-6

Some of those packages have openjdk-6-jdk as an alternative BD - that 
should probably be dropped:

libextractor-java: DONE - alternative bd only
libsbml: DONE - alternative bd only
nordugrid-arc: DONE - not primary BD

Cheers

James
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James Page
Ubuntu Core Developer
Debian Maintainer
[email protected]