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Wolfgang Liebich <wolfgang.liebich <at> siemens-enterprise.com> writes: |
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> Hi, |
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> I'm using GENTOO linux as development platform for Java applications. |
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> JAVA 8 is not officially out there, but still I would like to start |
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> testing it, and there are "early access" |
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> downloads at the oracle website. |
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Checkout project sunrise and then other overlay sites for early offerings... |
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> Furthermore, the ebuilds for the IBM JDKs seem to be somewhat abandoned - |
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is there an build for the ibm jdk V7 |
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> available somewhere? I did not |
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> find anything (yet)... |
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IMHO, JAVA get's a bad rap in the open source world for a variety, |
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sometimes very good, reasons. What JAVA on gentoo lacks is devoted |
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afficionado team to keep up with supporting JAVA on Gentoo... |
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YMMV, |
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hth, James |
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