F21 System Wide Change: Java 8

[Mikolaj Izdebski]

On 03/25/2014 08:07 PM, Omair Majid wrote:
> * Mikolaj Izdebski <mizdebsk at redhat.com> [2014-03-24 11:55]:
>>               Blocking java-1.7.0-oepnjdk may also be required.  This
>> makes it impossible to scratch-build Java packages using f21-build
>> target in current state.
> 
> Is there anything I can/should do here? Shall I file a rel-eng ticket to
> block java-1.7.0-openjdk? Would it be worth waiting a little while to
> ensure that there are no show-stopper bugs in java-1.8.0-openjdk?

Thank you for making OpenJDK 8 default Java in rawhide.

Blocking Java 7 would make things a bit easier, but it is not absolutely
required.  I agree with others that keeping it for a (short) while is
probably a good thing.

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Mikolaj Izdebski