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Date:      Thu, 12 Dec 2024 04:55:58 +0000
From:      Greg Lewis <glewis@eyesbeyond.com>
To:        freebsd-java@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Introduction and a bit of status
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On 12/7/24 5:57 AM, Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote:
> Harald Eilertsen <haraldei@anduin.net> writes:
>> I have been contracted by The FreeBSD Foundation to improve the Java
>> situation on FreeBSD, mainly by making it easier to track upstream, and
>> fix some long outstanding issues with the port. [...]
> This is good news.  I would suggest that you prioritize switching the
> default Java version, which is currently 8, to either 17 or 21.
>
> The following PRs from back in May list ports that build with 8 but fail
> to build with 17 or 21:
>
> https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=279424
> https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=279425
>
> DES

FWIW I would vote for 21 over 17, but the first order of business in 
doing that might be to create a bootstrap port for it.

-- Greg




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