F21 System Wide Change: Java 8

[Omair Majid]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Horák" <dan at danny.cz>
> Jaroslav Reznik <jreznik at redhat.com> wrote:
> > Make Java 8 (provided by OpenJDK 8 which is java-1.8.0-openjdk) the
> > default Java runtime. The current default Java runtime (Java 7,
> > provided by OpenJDK 7, java-1.7.0-openjdk) will be obsoleted and
> > removed.

> are we confident OpenJDK 8 works well on all Fedora arches, not only on
> the primary ones?

Theoretically, yes. If OpenJDK 7 supports an architecture, OpenJDK 8 should support it about as well (if not better). We may need tweaks and patches to make sure OpenJDK 8 builds correctly everywhere, but that's one of the things we can fix in rawhide in the coming weeks.

If you can get me access to machines, I can try building OpenJDK 8 there myself.

Thanks,
Omair