Ludovic Courtès <l...@gnu.org> writes: > Ricardo Wurmus <rek...@elephly.net> skribis: > >> Ludovic Courtès <l...@gnu.org> writes: >> >>> Ricardo Wurmus <rek...@elephly.net> skribis: > > [...] > >>>> Does it make sense to push this patch to master? Or should we wait for >>>> an official release? Java 1.8 is already pretty old and it seems like >>>> the pre-release is enough to build OpenJDK 8. >>> >>> I’d rather wait for an official release, but maybe there’s a good reason >>> to use the pre-release? > > [...] > >> So many words for a variant of “I’m not sure” :) > > In short ;-), it seems to me that packaging this pre-release would make > sense since it would bring the power of Java 8 to our users, so go for it!
Time has offered an alternative option. IcedTea 3.0.0 has been released, so I updated the package expression and pushed it. We now have support for Java 8. (...or 1.8, or IcedTea version 3.0.0, gah, these version numbers drive me crazy!) ~~ Ricardo
