From owner-freebsd-eclipse@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 15 13:54:12 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-eclipse@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8C31734F for ; Tue, 15 Apr 2014 13:54:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yh0-x230.google.com (mail-yh0-x230.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4002:c01::230]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4C35B1CD2 for ; Tue, 15 Apr 2014 13:54:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-yh0-f48.google.com with SMTP id z6so9289853yhz.21 for ; Tue, 15 Apr 2014 06:54:11 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:mail-followup-to:references :mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to :user-agent; bh=1imtD02UgWwohNgHZ069gkJVrFD3QrXewCCimpOQkDw=; b=ep+VnWc8RU5B2WUO/UKpdycj8/myoDq7Ggu61ydMPIF1r4VZ3Q+uUQ6fSiMIXsQLi4 veRv/DZZf/fkED4R08tw5NXtWv7R7Y7uFT6R4ANP0bdjBUYy0u+TPlZBcfqSPhwqtT8Z QcEIDlDzd/PhEnvXlMa9hdFyeV6P/iWAORKXUlYp4LMdne74eU5OtZecqzW4ZUxBF+hR +YHrSWUXQp8TW8o3Apmc2u1V5GEwhEPGPWgeejMKnrbT1d4vBSY3fTma/G6GqnnFkfnU +rMHy+b47yBPjU2LANOOoInmqAxcTgpSWVlvPcDHY88dmLGlcELY/fvfGE4ZovrcdkJW hKiw== X-Received: by 10.236.43.98 with SMTP id k62mr2581929yhb.33.1397570051388; Tue, 15 Apr 2014 06:54:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from jmobile.jimmy.local (24-107-210-189.dhcp.stls.mo.charter.com. [24.107.210.189]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id t63sm36601088yhm.32.2014.04.15.06.54.09 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 15 Apr 2014 06:54:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: by jmobile.jimmy.local (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Tue, 15 Apr 2014 08:54:08 -0500 Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 08:54:08 -0500 From: Jimmy Kelley To: freebsd-eclipse@freebsd.org Subject: Re: eclipse and java 8 support Message-ID: <20140415135408.GA2939@jmobile.jimmy.localnet> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-eclipse@freebsd.org References: <534A7EDB.40603@spacesurfer.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <534A7EDB.40603@spacesurfer.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-BeenThere: freebsd-eclipse@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: "FreeBSD users of eclipse EDI, tools, rich client apps & ports." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 13:54:12 -0000 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). regards, Jimmy Kelley