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commit 70ce6abecf993e72ece3d16a5324dda9b9709d49 Author: Markus Koschany <[email protected]> Date: Thu Apr 28 11:43:14 2016 +0200 Update whats-new-since-jessie.md with new ideas. --- content/2016/whats-new-since-jessie.md | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/2016/whats-new-since-jessie.md b/content/2016/whats-new-since-jessie.md index a6c005c..22cdd46 100644 --- a/content/2016/whats-new-since-jessie.md +++ b/content/2016/whats-new-since-jessie.md @@ -22,14 +22,36 @@ the next release. Here is a quick summary of the current state of the Java packa rate has greatly improved, climbing from 50% to 75% over a year. * Backports are continuously provided for the main applications: OpenJDK 8, OpenJFX, Ant, Maven, Gradle, Tomcat 7 & 8, Jetty 8 & 9, OpenJDK 8, OpenJFX, jEdit. - * We have several difficult transitions ahead: BND 3, BouncyCastle 1.54, - Tomcat 7 to 8, Jetty 8 to 9, ASM 5, and of course Java 9. Some help would - be welcome. * The transition to Maven 3 has been completed and the packages are no longer built with Maven 2. + * We replaced several obsolete libraries and transitioned to their latest + versions like asm2, commons-net1 and commons-net2. Groovy 1.x was replaced + with Groovy 2 and we upgraded BND, an important tool to develop with OSGi, and + more than thirty of its reverse-dependencies from the 1.x series to version 2.4.1. * New packaging tools have been created to work with Gradle (gradle-debian-helper) and Ivy (ivy-debian-helper). +### Outlook, goals and request for help + + * We have several difficult transitions ahead: BND 3, BouncyCastle 1.54, + Tomcat 7 to 8, Jetty 8 to 9, ASM 5, and of course Java 9. Some help would + be welcome. + * Eclipse is severely outdated and currently not part of Testing. We would + like to update this important piece of software and its corresponding + modules to the latest upstream release but we need more active people who + want to maintain them. If you care for the Eclipse eco-system, please get in + touch with us. + * We still are in the middle of removing [old libraries](https://wiki.debian.org/Java/Oldlibs) + like asm3, commons-httpclient or the servlet 2.5 API which is part of the + Tomcat 6 source package. + * Want to see [Azureus/Vuze](https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/azureus) in + Stretch again? Packaging is almost complete but we are looking for someone who + clarifies remaining licensing issues with upstream and wants to maintain the + software for the foreseeable future. + * You have more ideas and want to get involved with the Java Team? Just send + your suggestions to [email protected] or chat with us on IRC at + irc.debian.org, #debian-java. + ### Package updates The packages listed below detail the changes in jessie-backports and testing. -- Alioth's /usr/local/bin/git-commit-notice on /srv/git.debian.org/git/pkg-java/pkg-java-blog.git _______________________________________________ pkg-java-commits mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-java-commits
