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

2013-05-24 Thread Javier Vasquez
On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 6:40 PM, peter green wrote: >> >> :-) I'm one who asked there some time back why java7 is no longer in >> the archives (unstable/experimental), while the last binaries I had >> installed still work OK on my mini-pc... >> >> I'm just curious, sorry for asking to the lists..

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

2013-05-23 Thread peter green
:-) I'm one who asked there some time back why java7 is no longer in the archives (unstable/experimental), while the last binaries I had installed still work OK on my mini-pc... I'm just curious, sorry for asking to the lists... I want to understand if the mini-pc is still a low performance de

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

2013-05-13 Thread Javier Vasquez
On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 8:22 AM, Matthias Klose wrote: > It's time to change the Java default to java7, and to drop java support on > architectures with non-working java7. Just asking as a loongson-2f user, :-) What makes java7 not to work on those architectures? Building issues? > ... > So the

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

2013-05-13 Thread James Page
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 lur

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

2013-05-06 Thread Thorsten Glaser
Matthias Klose dixit: >Currently java bindings/packages are built for all architectures, however some >architectures still use gcj as the (only available) Java implementation, and >some OpenJDK zero ports are non-functional at this point, and Debian porters >usually don't care about that. So the

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

2013-05-06 Thread Samuel Thibault
Matthias Klose, le Mon 06 May 2013 16:22:30 +0200, a écrit : > - hurd never had openjdk support, and afaik, nobody is working on that. There has been work towards this, notably by Jeremie Koenig. I don't know the status, we just have not made it a strong priority so far. Samuel -- To UNSUBSCRI

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

2013-05-06 Thread Matthias Klose
It's time to change the Java default to java7, and to drop java support on architectures with non-working java7. 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. T