From owner-freebsd-java@freebsd.org Sun Jul 12 19:31:39 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-java@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E562199B39F for ; Sun, 12 Jul 2015 19:31:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from feld@feld.me) Received: from mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (mailman.ysv.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::50:5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C3C4C1A87 for ; Sun, 12 Jul 2015 19:31:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from feld@feld.me) Received: by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) id C0EA799B39D; Sun, 12 Jul 2015 19:31:38 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: java@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BFABD99B39C for ; Sun, 12 Jul 2015 19:31:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from feld@feld.me) Received: from out2-smtp.messagingengine.com (out2-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.26]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 918C81A84 for ; Sun, 12 Jul 2015 19:31:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from feld@feld.me) Received: from compute4.internal (compute4.nyi.internal [10.202.2.44]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8525120FEF for ; Sun, 12 Jul 2015 15:31:37 -0400 (EDT) Received: from web3 ([10.202.2.213]) by compute4.internal (MEProxy); Sun, 12 Jul 2015 15:31:37 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=feld.me; h=cc :content-transfer-encoding:content-type:date:from:in-reply-to :message-id:mime-version:references:subject:to:x-sasl-enc :x-sasl-enc; s=mesmtp; bh=v8Zhb7vxQHTtEQuJVMQNo6H02+Y=; b=GCTyMS wBzMPNBOjVfr9tbFeGGiBhb9I/r6Lm4UoSrwO9LOWWNf8LFnJgpK8vqJkrJqCjTS ZSMGJ3JultzyPMHubAT76jHt1CVRRZi98RwS2/vfpYKK1dYXjHloe+/va6NdWwjT IaH4kTM3QtjmIQi9tQkRFXLykA9ve+9bOMfec= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:content-transfer-encoding:content-type :date:from:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version:references :subject:to:x-sasl-enc:x-sasl-enc; s=smtpout; bh=v8Zhb7vxQHTtEQu JVMQNo6H02+Y=; b=lMM+ucCq4XUaKjYWnGpIOcZZQygw0MF5nQVE9xDm1JEaU+H LyjCKDYYz8aIzz3F97CeSc3276UqbMfKYHqoBXXNlqfOGPWGTSsJPp85b/VzZYvQ IOG4V2XsKdGN913wt2ZyGq63nDS4USy7bySpld1n6SdZ1hBYS0j5lvK7xzhM= Received: by web3.nyi.internal (Postfix, from userid 99) id 5458D10995B; Sun, 12 Jul 2015 15:31:37 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <1436729497.3932791.321743777.380D37FD@webmail.messagingengine.com> X-Sasl-Enc: HA5FqncKXNCM0SEceIQhpPRFUQSBzT5THmw+neTV+Zbm 1436729497 From: Mark Felder To: Xin Li , ports-secteam@FreeBSD.org Cc: java@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain X-Mailer: MessagingEngine.com Webmail Interface - ajax-bfc056ae In-Reply-To: <55A2BB79.6030907@delphij.net> References: <1436722739.2838428.321692425.3A1ABDF2@webmail.messagingengine.com> <55A2BB79.6030907@delphij.net> Subject: Re: Eradication of old java Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2015 14:31:37 -0500 X-BeenThere: freebsd-java@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting Java to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2015 19:31:39 -0000 On Sun, Jul 12, 2015, at 14:09, Xin Li wrote: > > On 7/12/15 10:38, Mark Felder wrote: > > How long before we start to eradicate old java from the ports tree? > > I'm actually in the process of updating a couple ports of mine to > > require Java 1.8 now that it is supported, vs 1.6 as users > > currently are being required to use. > > > > Java 6 was EoL last year, Java 7 in April this year. > > > > I'm considering doing a search of the ports tree to gather some > > info and see how many can just have the java requirement bumped. > > I think we should move this discussion to -java@ and/or maintainers -- > there is no known security issues and it's better to give it more > public exposure. > > My suggestion would be to deprecate both Java 6 and 7 now and remove > them after a few (3?) months if there is nobody volunteering to > maintain them. > > (IIRC Java 6 have some security settings that e.g. IPMI console > applications require, but I doubt if FreeBSD users actually use these > because such applications usually ships with some native binary blobs) > Is Java 6 and 7 still receiving updates through OpenJDK upstream? As far as I'm aware they are not, so the next batch of CVEs that come out put those users in a bad position. Can java@ team provide any details?