On 2013-02-04 18:27, Christian Bernardt wrote: > Package: default-jdk > Version: 1.6-40 > Debian squeeze does provide openjdk-6-jdk as part of its default-jdk package. > Here it can be seen that > http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/eol-135779.html Java 6 end of support > will be end of this month. > > We are relying on Java 7 and are supporting Debian squeeze. Will you not > support Java any longer or will openjdk-7-jdk be available on squeeze?
Hi, First off, thanks for your interest in Debian Java. I am not sure how you can use Java 7 and support Debian Squeeze at the same time since Debian Squeeze has (to my knowledge) never shipped a Java 7 implementation. The default-java will not change in Squeeze; there are simply too high a risk of breakage. Particularly this was confirmed when we tried to migrate to Java7 as default in Wheezy - so, Java6 will also be the default in Wheezy (unfortunately). > If you are not supporting java 7 what is the official repository or source > that should be used to install java 7 on debian squeeze? > > Thank you. > > Kind regards. Christian To my knowledge there is currently no one working on backporting openjdk-7 to Squeeze. If they were to do so for Debian, it would very likely be via backports.debian.org. Matthias Klose suggested this should be a simple matter of running $ touch debian/rules && debian/rules debian/control on a Squeeze system in the unpacked openjdk-7 source package and then do a full build. I have not tested this yet, but if it is true finding a backporter for OpenJDK-7 should be doable. Any volunteers on d-java? :) ~Niels -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-java-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/51102e68.3070...@thykier.net
