Independent of the "Java is completely broken" issue, I do think the originally stated case of "ca-certificate-java should support openjdk-8" is still totally valid. Installing this package seems to bring in java 7 even when you already have 8 installed.
The current situation is pretty ridiculous. Java 7 is EOL and not useful to the majority of users of the most popular languages on the planet. Java 8 is only available via an unsupported PPA, and any attempt to get support (either here, or on the PPA, or via the request process to get Java 8 added to Trusty) has simply failed. I hate being that guy whining on the bug tracker, but Ubuntu is really dropping the ball on this one. Just look at the request for an official Java 8 packaging: https://bugs.launchpad.net/trusty- backports/+bug/1368094 with 750 "+1"s. The community is trying to work with Ubuntu to highlight this and get it fixed, but every attempt either gets ignored or closed as invalid... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1706442 Title: please add support for openjdk-8 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ca-certificates-java/+bug/1706442/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
