Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 16:28:51 +0800 From: Huang Wen Hui <huanghwh@gmail.com> To: freebsd-eclipse@freebsd.org, Jimmy Kelley <ljboiler@gmail.com> Subject: Re: eclipse and java 8 support Message-ID: <CAB8uncbXCm0JzvjDix4_mTphPoB-aCFT%2B%2B3mwkFd_j2To2aJrw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20140416135533.GB2939@jmobile.jimmy.localnet> References: <534A7EDB.40603@spacesurfer.com> <20140415135408.GA2939@jmobile.jimmy.localnet> <CAB8uncaAgMeDAC-bv%2BtLxRSXkj-5fMFh1V=0c319i0DOFOgBQg@mail.gmail.com> <20140416135533.GB2939@jmobile.jimmy.localnet>
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Hi Jimmy, Can you put your pre-build eclipse package to somewhere? This can be easy for other people to test. Cheers, Huang Wenhui 2014-04-16 21:55 GMT+08:00 Jimmy <ljboiler@gmail.com>: > On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 08:38:42PM +0800, Huang Wen Hui wrote: > > Hi, > > > > > > 2014-04-15 21:54 GMT+08:00 Jimmy Kelley <ljboiler@gmail.com>: > > > > > On Sun, Apr 13, 2014 at 01:11:07PM +0100, Patrick Mackinlay wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > The minimum eclipse version for support of java 8 execution > environments > > > > is 4.3.2. The FreeBSD eclipse ports are pretty old, even > eclipse-devel > > > > (which I have been using for what seems like years) is on 4.2. Is it > > > > possible to upgrade, so that at least eclipse 4.3.2 is available. > Then > > > > java devs can experiment with java 8 execution environments and > compiler > > > > compliance levels of 1.8. > > > > > > > > regards, > > > > Patrick > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Patrick Mackinlay > patrick@spacesurfer.com > > > > http://patrick.spacesurfer.com/ tel: > +44.7050699851 > > > > Yahoo messenger: patrick00_uk fax: > +44.7050699852 > > > > SpaceReg Limited > http://www.spacereg.com/ > > > > > > > > > > Patrick (and a few others that have been asking), > > > > > > I just put the latest work I've been doing for the Eclipse 4.3.2 port > here: > > > > > > http://webpages.charter.net/ljboiler/eclipseKeplerSR2.shar.gz > > > > > > I was able to run it on the latest openjdk8 port, and following the > > > instructions here ( > > > https://wiki.eclipse.org/JDT/Eclipse_Java_8_Support_For_Kepler) > > > I was able to install the updates for Java 8 and build/run a simple > > > HelloWorld > > > test targeted for the Java 8 runtime. I welcome any and all > interested to > > > try > > > it out and let me know of any problems. Beware that you need a solid > > > internet > > > connection to build this, and lots of memory (2 GB minimum) and disk > space > > > (about > > > 15 Gb). > > > > > Is it possible to download all needed package before build? It is very > > hard to finish build > > as it need to download some packages while in building. > > > > Cheers, > > Huang Wenhui > > > > Currently it's not possible. Eclipse switched from using Ant to using > Maven > to build itself, and from what I've seen while working on this for the last > several months it does not appear that the Eclipse developers are too > concerned > about being able to build their product in a totally offline mode. > > I will continue to study the Eclipse source and perhaps make it possible to > have everything downloaded prior to building, and hopefully the Eclipse > developers > will continue to update their build tools to make this easier to do. > > Regards, > Jimmy > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-eclipse@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-eclipse > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-eclipse-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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