Re: Re: JDK 7 status and IcedTea

[Fernando Lozano]

Hi there,

Resuming an old thread, just to clarify one point:
> ---- Original Message ----
> From: Andrew Haley 
> Sent: Sex, Nov 4, 2011, 12:13 PM
> > And what about certification? Is there a TCK for Java 7? Will OpenJDK 7 on
> > Fedora be certified for Fedora 16 at release or at a later update?
>
> We haven't got the TCK for Java 7 yet.  We'll certify as soon as
> we do.

This meant the community and/or Red Hat did not get the JSR-336 TCK yet. It doesn't mean there is any problem with license or process that prevents Fedora to get the TCK and certifiy OpenJDK 7 finaries for F16 or a future release.

Am I correct? If I am, is there a timeframe for certified builds? I'd hate having to get Oracle proprietaty binaries just to satisfy bureucratic requirements. :-(

And while we're talking about Java 7, I heard about serious problems preventing some open source packages like Lucene from running under Java 7 on production settings. Anyone on the list can vouch for Java 7 in full production, or can based on experience advise against that? I rememeber all first releases (.1, .3) of JDK were somewat problematic (bugs).

[]s, Fernando Lozano

JDK 7 status and IcedTea

[Andrew Haley]

On 11/29/2011 11:33 AM, [e-mail] wrote:
> > ---- Original Message ----
> > From: Andrew Haley 
> > Sent: Sex, Nov 4, 2011, 12:13 PM
> > > And what about certification? Is there a TCK for Java 7? Will OpenJDK 7 on
> > > Fedora be certified for Fedora 16 at release or at a later update?
> >
> > We haven't got the TCK for Java 7 yet.  We'll certify as soon as
> > we do.
>
> This meant the community and/or Red Hat did not get the JSR-336 TCK
> yet. It doesn't mean there is any problem with license or process
> that prevents Fedora to get the TCK and certifiy OpenJDK 7 finaries
> for F16 or a future release.
>
> Am I correct?

Yes.
> If I am, is there a timeframe for certified builds?

No.
> I'd hate having to get Oracle proprietaty binaries just to satisfy
> bureucratic requirements. :-(
>
> And while we're talking about Java 7, I heard about serious problems
> preventing some open source packages like Lucene from running under
> Java 7 on production settings.

That is ancient history.  This bug was fixed almost instantly in
IcedTea devel, and no release was ever shipped with this bug either.

Andrew.