> > > > It is also not just so called esoteric OSes that do not have Java8. Take > Ubuntu for example. The current latest release 14.04 still doesn't have > Java8 as a native package > <http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?suite=trusty-updates&searchon=names&keywords=openjdk>. > IIUC you currently have to rely on installing it from somebody's private > repository (and I have no way of trusting these guys.) This means our DEB > package will not be installable on its own. > > Or, just download & unarchive it from oracle.com.
> Here's another one. IBM still hasn't released JDK8. If you are an IBM shop > and need to use IBM JDK for support contracts, you'll be left behind. > > You'll be waiting a long time if you're expecting that to change. I've got customers whose IBM 'support contracts' make them claim things like they can only run JDK1.4. That's fine. They should stick on a support branch that keeps them happy, if that's the case (and, I'd expect, pay fees to a Jenkins shop to fix the tickets they raise). But I don't see why the rest of us should be dragged down to their lowest-common denominator behaviour - because 2% of the install base can't (or, more likely, doesn't want to exert any effort to) change, I have to write all my code (that I'm giving away for free) using stone knives and bearskins. Not terribly appealing for those of us doing it 'for fun'. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jenkins Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
