On 08/12/2013 03:45 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 08/12/13 22:37, Andrew Haley wrote: >> On 08/12/2013 03:17 PM, Georgios Petasis wrote: >>> Is there a reason my java 1.7 is not updated to java 1.8 with "yum -y >>> update"? >> java 1.8 doesn't exist. We've not even finished the spec yet. There >> is a preview that people can play with, but it's certainly not an >> update. > > Just curious then..... > > [root@localhost ~]# yum list available | grep java-1.8.0 > java-1.8.0-openjdk.i686 1:1.8.0.0-0.9.b89.fc19 > updates > java-1.8.0-openjdk.x86_64 1:1.8.0.0-0.9.b89.fc19 > updates > java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo.x86_64 1:1.8.0.0-0.9.b89.fc19 > updates > java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel.i686 1:1.8.0.0-0.9.b89.fc19 > updates > java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel.x86_64 1:1.8.0.0-0.9.b89.fc19 > updates > java-1.8.0-openjdk-javadoc.noarch 1:1.8.0.0-0.9.b89.fc19 > updates > java-1.8.0-openjdk-src.x86_64 1:1.8.0.0-0.9.b89.fc19 > updates > > If it is a "preview" wouldn't it make a bit more sense to have it in > updates-testing?
I don't think so. We want to make it available to people, but not as an auto-update. If anyone installs it it'll be because they want to try it for some reason. We sure as anything don't want yum to replace 1.7 with it. Andrew. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
