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