I'm dismayed that this has been going on for a year now (several other tickets plead for Java 8 on 14.04). It seriously makes me question whether Ubuntu is the right server distro to be running. I thought Canonical was going to support 14.04 LTS for 5 years. Support shouldn't mean frozen in time.
Java 7 defaults to older TLS versions (especially on client connections) and it's sometimes difficult to force TLSv1.2 when you can't change the source code of a library. Java 8 bypasses these problems, so getting 8 on 14.04 is really a security issue, too. It seems like doing this is mired in some weird bureaucratic black hole. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Backporters, which is subscribed to trusty-backports. Matching subscriptions: ubuntu-backporters https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1368094 Title: Please backport openjdk-8 8u40~b04-2 (universe) from utopic To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/trusty-backports/+bug/1368094/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-backports mailing list ubuntu-backports@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-backports
