Wolfgang Liebich <wolfgang.liebich <at> siemens-enterprise.com> writes:
> > Hi, > I'm using GENTOO linux as development platform for Java applications. > JAVA 8 is not officially out there, but still I would like to start > testing it, and there are "early access" > downloads at the oracle website. Checkout project sunrise and then other overlay sites for early offerings... > Furthermore, the ebuilds for the IBM JDKs seem to be somewhat abandoned - is there an build for the ibm jdk V7 > available somewhere? I did not > find anything (yet)... IMHO, JAVA get's a bad rap in the open source world for a variety, sometimes very good, reasons. What JAVA on gentoo lacks is devoted afficionado team to keep up with supporting JAVA on Gentoo... YMMV, hth, James
