From owner-freebsd-eclipse@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 16 12:38:43 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 9F7C239E for ; Wed, 16 Apr 2014 12:38:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yk0-x230.google.com (mail-yk0-x230.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4002:c07::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 5EFD519E3 for ; Wed, 16 Apr 2014 12:38:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-yk0-f176.google.com with SMTP id 19so9972344ykq.7 for ; Wed, 16 Apr 2014 05:38:42 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:reply-to:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id :subject:from:to:content-type; bh=Oi58U0JJK2JNmetB7idYIoXpyy7GFG+w9AZsAEG4t/I=; b=Ok3wjqQsEu/OcixQjx06kgeVuC6yP5BpGFHrYMnAKcaVex7EYp6GJ4D3cxHuAptcd9 Aqi3pMDA0L5wALuWS6g9AkrYXdm8XOyHuMF+h4hk5RP4CQfYsfd2Y8YKGnCrcqHxxnVQ rSQjihHsFICZzr+EfBdq90+5ftSukikhqU2HMuGkYsMseNGfcA2ss6IXdeqwJoyiilxa zGCgE1u05Aij4NU1fuRDQXL2O2VebwyQPFO33AL2/RJNrr54MJYIHLYVeLvcmrT+M6nP VcDjUc3xCaOTuq1ZitmZSYiZ0Gl4EX5LjyYSQij43jk0jHGbU7FOc0/hiAm8e0hwqsde rzag== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.236.160.67 with SMTP id t43mr12072522yhk.11.1397651922257; Wed, 16 Apr 2014 05:38:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.170.47.148 with HTTP; Wed, 16 Apr 2014 05:38:42 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20140415135408.GA2939@jmobile.jimmy.localnet> References: <534A7EDB.40603@spacesurfer.com> <20140415135408.GA2939@jmobile.jimmy.localnet> Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 20:38:42 +0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: eclipse and java 8 support From: Huang Wen Hui To: freebsd-eclipse@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.17 X-BeenThere: freebsd-eclipse@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list Reply-To: huanghwh@gmail.com 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: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 12:38:43 -0000 Hi, 2014-04-15 21:54 GMT+08:00 Jimmy Kelley : > 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 > > regards, > > Jimmy Kelley > _______________________________________________ > 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" >