-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 Hi James,
On 14-01-21 01:16 PM, James Page wrote: > Next - the foundations team have been reviewing whether we should > continue to provide OpenJDK as the default Java implementation in > Ubuntu; this package is quite a resource drain on both the foundations > and security teams from a SRU perspective so demotion of openjdk7 to > universe is being considered. I understand the pressure it puts on the team resources but moving openjdk7 to universe would (IMHO) essentially kill Java on Ubuntu. Here, we have a policy to stick to packages from main only as you guys provide real good support on those! > Most Java-ish things in main can be built using gcj; however Tomcat7 > is not going to work with gcj so would end up being demoted as well. > > What do people think to this plan? Are OpenJDK and Tomcat7 important > packages for Ubuntu users? I advocate for OpenJDK because I know it will be supported well. > Will not having a well supported OpenJDK > implementation in Ubuntu main discourage people from using Ubuntu to > host their Java based applications? Or do users still just use the > Oracle Java downloads instead and ignore what Ubuntu provides? Using Oracle tarballs is cumbersome and doesn't integrate well with the rest of the platform. I really appreciate being able to just run apt-get to keep everything up to date. Thanks for asking about this important question. Regards, Simon -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) iQJ8BAEBCgBmBQJS3+WkXxSAAAAAAC4AKGlzc3Vlci1mcHJAbm90YXRpb25zLm9w ZW5wZ3AuZmlmdGhob3JzZW1hbi5uZXQ1NjVDMzc0QUZCQUQyRkM2MjBDNkMxQkI3 MkZFMERBRTkwMEIyQzM0AAoJEHL+Da6QCyw0YiwP/2SXKnp5YIp+9mX7utSpwGFF rPukgxkHFnkuNQ6Rsg0cm4xED62N/d761a+YUJSs+73tr1gmhIxO8wj1t7h3nbPf hhY/GIDh6jOoRzd3NYR6tFcbEzABg5SrM39HPgoFhZbKashfXzqjh1lnhTeUvq8E GsDqP3WWV1tViiLuTG3XWjWKXu3JGK7oIitLqvef7DCskuLHg+Cxizn2pkIL+y8h TyHuPcXeczFIWovE53YhDmyKjnNjzXVnh/jn60JjrE7M79CpebL7v66pUsW8DAGH I8ZFMhG7+tFjZ7sQlPUj6nQ2v7WUYwtJU+vbytSD7q9TnQeamyWla7hEyGz1RcUu X4z7bs1AR65Yv1foYk+ekDyNAwZrcWGt3DOcRW6++jPEVv50LDXwE3ws/Y2mw5EJ 4CKz2sVDkng5bYiu+FgTCtw6+2cx9AYwyrq0PJUG37jI/ROwm64QOaPPLw2I8QgR iyrzFu0zG9rRD91GLHKfNFqsb7u7uTq9vqg/DH7ZLGTCqS7SqQb8I/mFHZm1Yub0 6Ezb+30Ba0F1XRhgb5zRDW1TGJra+VPgXAvJIk93UqlElB5WyjNJee7mI3ch1mXO m8RE/9iw7e0ff3gl47GX6+PducMLtqIDHAKQeFy4fQmJRaRXgJXYBuCd6unkxPdC YD4kCL2lsgO2okxZeOnn =T5XZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- ubuntu-server mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam
