Yes, great if you could have a go with the latest and greatest! I think from Oracle's JDK download page should work. Not sure if it works with the Java.com distribution, I think that would not include the Java compiler. On 8 May 2016 10:02 a.m., "Ian Dunlop" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello, > > I might have a 64 bit mac running whatever the latest OS is called > (Yosemite? So long since I have used it). Is there Java 8 available? > > Cheers, > > Ian > > On 7 May 2016 at 12:27, Stian Soiland-Reyes <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Great! Then I say the only risk factor now is the notorious OS X > > Java.. anyone having the hardware? > > > > (I think my old Mac only runs 32-bit OSX 10.5, so it won't do Java 8 > well) > > > > > > > > On 7 May 2016 at 11:20, Alan Williams <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 06-May-16 12:14, Stian Soiland-Reyes wrote: > > >> > > >> Thanks for checking Ian! > > >> > > >> I think I updated all the READMEs to say we need Java 8 now. We > > >> agreed to that update in > > >> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/TAVERNA-869 > > >> > > >> > > >> I'm going to do a pre-flight test in Windows 10 as well so we don't > > >> need to do the dance on the RCs again.. > > >> > > >> I'll be brave and even have a go inside the new Ubuntu in Windows > > >> subsystem... if it works there, then we have nothing to worry about :) > > >> > > >> > > >> Perhaps Alan can have a go in his temperamental Windows 8? > > > > > > > > > Alan had a go :) > > > > > > Windows 8.1 > > > Java 1.8.0_51 > > > Maven 3.3.3 > > > > > > Engine, Common Activities and CommandLine all installed with no > problems. > > > > > > Alan > > > > > > > > -- > > Stian Soiland-Reyes > > Apache Taverna (incubating), Apache Commons RDF (incubating) > > http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9842-9718 > > >
