Hi Emmanuel- I noticed you mention backports as an option for installing Java 8 on Debian, but I don't see a jessie-backports at backports.debian.org. Do you have an links about how to install Java 8 on Jessie via backports?
Thanks. -md On Tue, Apr 7, 2015 at 12:37 AM, Emmanuel Bourg <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > Jessie is about to be released and I think it would be nice to have a > word about the Java packages in the release notes. > > Here are the points that could be mentioned: > > - OpenJDK 7 as the default Java runtime > - How to get Java 8 (backports or java-package) > - Addition of Tomcat 8 and removal of Tomcat 6 > - New developer tools: > - Integration of the Dynamic Code Evolution VM > - VisualVM > - Gradle (not up to date though, should it be mentioned?) > - Jenkins (if we can address the security issues) > > So you see any other newsworthy item that could be added? > > Emmanuel Bourg > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [email protected] > Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected] > >

