Re: Re: Bad news regarding future Java use?

2018-04-23 Thread Stuart Swales
On 21/04/2018 22:43, Keith N. McKenna wrote: On 4/21/2018 10:00 AM, Peter Kovacs wrote: As I pointed out that we move the core java functionality to be Java 9 compatible. Also a 64 bit Windows migration is on the way. Plus we move to MSVC 2015. Should therefore close the gaps you have in mind

Re: Bad news regarding future Java use?

2018-04-21 Thread Keith N. McKenna
On 4/21/2018 10:00 AM, Peter Kovacs wrote: > As I pointed out that we move the core java functionality to be Java 9 > compatible. > Also a 64 bit Windows migration is on the way. > Plus we move to MSVC 2015. Should therefore close the gaps you have in mind > for 4.2.0. > > I don't think that

Re: Bad news regarding future Java use?

2018-04-21 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Sat, Apr 21, 2018, 6:36 AM Pedro Lino wrote: > > People reading something, jumping to conclusions, and freaking out. Move > along, nothing to see here... > > > I don't think so. Maybe there is a good reason why another office suite > moved all the scripting to Python.

Re: Bad news regarding future Java use?

2018-04-21 Thread Peter Kovacs
As I pointed out that we move the core java functionality to be Java 9 compatible. Also a 64 bit Windows migration is on the way. Plus we move to MSVC 2015. Should therefore close the gaps you have in mind for 4.2.0. I don't think that java license for cooperation is an issue. Am 21. April

Re: Bad news regarding future Java use?

2018-04-21 Thread Pedro Lino
> People reading something, jumping to conclusions, and freaking out. Move > along, nothing to see here... > I don't think so. Maybe there is a good reason why another office suite moved all the scripting to Python. > Facts: there are OpenJDK builds for Windows, Linux, Mac and even

Re: Bad news regarding future Java use?

2018-04-20 Thread toki
On 04/20/2018 07:06 PM, Fernando Cassia wrote: > People reading something, jumping to conclusions, and freaking out. Move > along, nothing to see here... Given the Appeals Court ruling of 2018-03-27, corporations have reason to be extremely cautious about their use of JAVA. Not just JAVA, but

Re: Bad news regarding future Java use?

2018-04-20 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Fri, Apr 20, 2018, 11:27 AM Pedro Lino wrote: > Hi all > > If I understand the notice correctly this will not be a problem for > personal use at home but all OpenOffice features requiring Java can not be > used within a company unless the company buys a Java license...

Re: Bad news regarding future Java use?

2018-04-20 Thread Pedro Lino
> It sounds quite confusing. I think it refers to the point that java 8 will > drop out of support 2020. > > Damjan is already get our code Java 9 ready. So 4.2.0 will have Java 9 > support. According to this page http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/eol-135779.html Java 9 is already dead

Re: Bad news regarding future Java use?

2018-04-20 Thread Peter Kovacs
It sounds quite confusing. I think it refers to the point that java 8 will drop out of support 2020. Damjan is already get our code Java 9 ready. So 4.2.0 will have Java 9 support. Am 20. April 2018 17:55:24 MESZ schrieb Phillip Rhodes : >I read that as only

Re: Bad news regarding future Java use?

2018-04-20 Thread Phillip Rhodes
I read that as only referring to the Java 8 SE binaries specifically. If I'm reading this right, users using a Java 9 or Java 10 SDK will still be fine. That just means we have an onus on us to make sure things work with the latest versions of the SDK. Phil This message optimized for indexing