Re: [arch-general] How to have multiple JDKs parallel?

2018-09-15 Thread ProgAndy
Am 15.09.18 um 19:54 schrieb Olli: > LTS versions are only provided by Oracle for their JDK, not for the > OpenJDK. This graphic explains it quite well: > https://medium.com/codefx-weekly/no-free-java-lts-version-b850192745fb There won't be any free LTS releases from Oracle, but the AdoptOpenJDK p

Re: [arch-general] How to have multiple JDKs parallel?

2018-09-15 Thread Jonathon Fernyhough
On 15/09/2018 14:22, Olli wrote: > Each new version is replacing the previous > one so that there is always only one (the latest) supported version. I think there are technically two supported releases, a long-term- and short-term-supported release. The current LTS is OpenJDK 8, the next LTS will

Re: [arch-general] How to have multiple JDKs parallel?

2018-09-15 Thread Olli
On 15.09.18 10:56, Peter Nabbefeld wrote: > up to JDK 9 I didn't have problems upgrading, but since JDK 10 it always > wants to replace JDK 9, and I guess it will become worse with JDK 11 etc. starting with Java 9, the OpenJDK changed its release cycle to publish a new version every six month. Eac

Re: [arch-general] How to have multiple JDKs parallel?

2018-09-15 Thread Carsten Mattner via arch-general
I have a related question. I tried arch's openjdk packages and those were successful in displaying Swing UIs. Then, to check out newer JDKs and IBM's OpenJ9, I grabbed a build from https://adoptopenjdk.net, and I just couldn't get any Swing UI to display. It reported many exceptions and that was i

Re: [arch-general] How to have multiple JDKs parallel?

2018-09-15 Thread Guus Snijders via arch-general
Op 15 sep. 2018 10:56 schreef "Peter Nabbefeld" : Hello, up to JDK 9 I didn't have problems upgrading, but since JDK 10 it always wants to replace JDK 9, and I guess it will become worse with JDK 11 etc. [...] "IgnorePkg = jdk9-openjdk [...] As a Java developer, I need to be able to have multip

[arch-general] How to have multiple JDKs parallel?

2018-09-15 Thread Peter Nabbefeld
Hello, up to JDK 9 I didn't have problems upgrading, but since JDK 10 it always wants to replace JDK 9, and I guess it will become worse with JDK 11 etc. I've set "IgnorePkg = jdk9-openjdk jre9-openjdk jre9-openjdk-headless openjdk9-doc openjdk9-src" in pacman.conf, so now I'm getting warni