2014-09-24 21:55 GMT+02:00 Nigel Magnay <[email protected]>: > >> >> 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. >
Sure, Jenkins JDK ToolInstaller do this already, the DEB/RPM installer could do the same, that's just a curl command with accept license header set. > > > >> 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. > -- 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.
