Hi,
2014-04-15 21:54 GMT+08:00 Jimmy Kelley <ljboi...@gmail.com>: > On Sun, Apr 13, 2014 at 01:11:07PM +0100, Patrick Mackinlay wrote: > > Hello, > > > > The minimum eclipse version for support of java 8 execution environments > > is 4.3.2. The FreeBSD eclipse ports are pretty old, even eclipse-devel > > (which I have been using for what seems like years) is on 4.2. Is it > > possible to upgrade, so that at least eclipse 4.3.2 is available. Then > > java devs can experiment with java 8 execution environments and compiler > > compliance levels of 1.8. > > > > regards, > > Patrick > > > > -- > > Patrick Mackinlay patr...@spacesurfer.com > > http://patrick.spacesurfer.com/ tel: +44.7050699851 > > Yahoo messenger: patrick00_uk fax: +44.7050699852 > > SpaceReg Limited http://www.spacereg.com/ > > > > Patrick (and a few others that have been asking), > > I just put the latest work I've been doing for the Eclipse 4.3.2 port here: > > http://webpages.charter.net/ljboiler/eclipseKeplerSR2.shar.gz > > I was able to run it on the latest openjdk8 port, and following the > instructions here ( > https://wiki.eclipse.org/JDT/Eclipse_Java_8_Support_For_Kepler) > I was able to install the updates for Java 8 and build/run a simple > HelloWorld > test targeted for the Java 8 runtime. I welcome any and all interested to > try > it out and let me know of any problems. Beware that you need a solid > internet > connection to build this, and lots of memory (2 GB minimum) and disk space > (about > 15 Gb). > Is it possible to download all needed package before build? It is very hard to finish build as it need to download some packages while in building. Cheers, Huang Wenhui > > regards, > > Jimmy Kelley > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-eclipse@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-eclipse > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-eclipse-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > _______________________________________________ freebsd-eclipse@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-eclipse To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-eclipse-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
