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From: james <garftd@×××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: oracle-jdk-bin-11
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2018 18:36:37
Message-Id: 6d3cdc2a-ac08-86b5-dd5c-dd97880106ac@verizon.net
1 On 07/24/18 19:10, J�rg Schaible wrote:
2 > Hi James,
3 >
4 > On Mon, 23 Jul 2018 17:13:14 -0400 james wrote:
5 >
6 >> On 07/21/18 11:10, J�rg Schaible wrote:
7 >>> Hi,
8 >>>
9 >>> is someone aware of the existence of an ebuild for Java 11 e.g.
10 >>> somewhere in the overlays? Or has someone already crafted one and is
11 >>> willing to share it?
12 >>>
13 >>> Cheers,
14 >>> J�rg
15 >>
16 >> My response is::
17 >>
18 >> https://github.com/Obsidian-StudiosInc/os-xtoo/#xtoo-overlay
19 >>
20 >> I'm just learning/hacking java, so please provide me with robust
21 >> feedback so I know if this offering is great, or needs improvement
22 >> (what/where) and what it is missing, from your point of view. Coding in
23 >> Java is easy; understanding the history, gotcha and devining Oracle's
24 >> future intentions is often not clear to me. Hence, feedback is greatly
25 >> appreciated, on this list, privately or to a forum is all ok.
26 >> Just help me navigate the java landscape. I'd really like to work with
27 >> java on both gentoo and windows 7/10. I'm starting fresh with Java-11.
28 >
29 > Thanks for the interesting pointer and I will certainly look at the ebuild for Java 11 to adjust it for my needs.
30 > However, the overlay is not for me. I use Gentoo as my development platform and as library developer I
31 > have a need for a wide range of JDKs:
32 >
33 > $ java-config -L
34 > The following VMs are available for generation-2:
35 > 1) Blackdown JDK 1.4.2.03 [blackdown-jdk-1.4.2]
36 > 2) IBM JDK 1.4.2.13_p9 [ibm-jdk-bin-1.4]
37 > 3) IBM JDK 1.5.0.12_p5 [ibm-jdk-bin-1.5]
38 > 4) IBM JDK 1.6.0.9_p2 [ibm-jdk-bin-1.6]
39 > 5) IBM JDK 1.7.0.5 [ibm-jdk-bin-1.7]
40 > 6) IcedTea JDK 6.1.13.9 [icedtea-bin-6]
41 > 7) IcedTea JDK 7.2.6.11 [icedtea-bin-7]
42 > 8) IcedTea JDK 3.8.0 [icedtea-bin-8]
43 > 9) JamVM JDK 2.0.0 [jamvm]
44 > 10) Oracle JDK 1.7.0.80 [oracle-jdk-bin-1.7]
45 > 11) Oracle JDK 1.8.0.172 [oracle-jdk-bin-1.8]
46 > *) Oracle JDK 10.0.1 [oracle-jdk-bin-10]
47 > 13) Oracle JDK 9.0.4 [oracle-jdk-bin-9]
48 > 14) Sun JDK 1.5.0.22 [sun-jdk-1.5]
49 > 15) Sun JDK 1.6.0.45 [sun-jdk-1.6]
50 >
51 > Therefore I am not interested in replacing java-config with something else nor can I live with with the
52 > supported JDKs from the overlay, especially since it tries to replace dev-java/* from the standard Gentoo
53 > tree.
54 >
55 > Cheers,
56 > J�rg
57 >
58 >> hth,
59 >> James
60
61
62 Hello Jorg,
63
64 Good to know your point of view. I'm starting fresh with java 11 and
65 have the deepest desire to leave legacy_java (java-10 and older) behind.
66 I think my goal is more aligned with the Oracle future vision for java.
67 I like the non-Oracle support model. Please do send me information,
68 including forums and postings and blogs, as your work continues.
69 My keenest interests are in Scada Systems and graphical automation
70 representations and IoT and traditional equipment systems and control
71 panels for UAVs.
72
73
74 tia,
75 James