From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F7851381F3 for ; Mon, 26 Aug 2013 16:41:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CE34CE0D75; Mon, 26 Aug 2013 16:41:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B2D90E0CDC for ; Mon, 26 Aug 2013 16:41:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 984C633DA84 for ; Mon, 26 Aug 2013 16:41:20 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -2.426 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.426 tagged_above=-999 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-0.220, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-2.204, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001] autolearn=unavailable Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([IPv6:::ffff:127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [IPv6:::ffff:127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id U-wIW-oNqYET for ; Mon, 26 Aug 2013 16:41:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2797C33EB38 for ; Mon, 26 Aug 2013 16:41:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1VDzqj-0004MP-Id for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Mon, 26 Aug 2013 18:41:05 +0200 Received: from rrcs-71-40-157-251.se.biz.rr.com ([71.40.157.251]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 26 Aug 2013 18:41:05 +0200 Received: from wireless by rrcs-71-40-157-251.se.biz.rr.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 26 Aug 2013 18:41:05 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: James Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Questions about java SDK ebuilds for linux Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2013 16:40:47 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <521B19F4.5080708@siemens-enterprise.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: sea.gmane.org User-Agent: Loom/3.14 (http://gmane.org/) X-Loom-IP: 71.40.157.251 (Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/17.0 Firefox/17.0 SeaMonkey/2.14) X-Archives-Salt: 7e7bb231-9505-4f61-8cb3-90c436afdb1b X-Archives-Hash: 6af3c067927ce8ddadf2ba37f754d979 Wolfgang Liebich siemens-enterprise.com> writes: > > Hi, > I'm using GENTOO linux as development platform for Java applications. > JAVA 8 is not officially out there, but still I would like to start > testing it, and there are "early access" > downloads at the oracle website. Checkout project sunrise and then other overlay sites for early offerings... > Furthermore, the ebuilds for the IBM JDKs seem to be somewhat abandoned - is there an build for the ibm jdk V7 > available somewhere? I did not > find anything (yet)... IMHO, JAVA get's a bad rap in the open source world for a variety, sometimes very good, reasons. What JAVA on gentoo lacks is devoted afficionado team to keep up with supporting JAVA on Gentoo... YMMV, hth, James