- mention the compatibility with Java 8
* Removed 'Replaces: ${j2se_package}debian' from the generated control file
* Adjusted the disk space required to unpack the Java 8 documentation
+ * Updated the manpages for Java 8
-- Emmanuel Bourg <ebourg@apache.org> Wed, 28 Aug 2013 19:34:41 +0200
* Oracle (http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads) :
- The Java Development Kit (JDK), version 6, 7 and 8
- The Java Runtime Environment (JRE), version 6, 7 and 8
- - The Java API Javadoc, version 6 and 7
+ - The Java API Javadoc, version 6, 7 and 8
(Choose tar.gz archives or self-extracting archives, do _not_ choose the RPM!)
.
Please note that Debian recommends the use of openjdk-7-jdk/openjdk-7-jre.
.PP
Supported java binary distributions currently include:
* Oracle (http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads) :
- - The J2SE Development Kit (JDK), version 6 and 7
- - The J2SE Runtime Environment (JRE), version 6 and 7
- - The J2SE API Javadoc, version 6 and 7
+ - The Java Development Kit (JDK), version 6, 7 and 8
+ - The Java Runtime Environment (JRE), version 6, 7 and 8
+ - The Java API Javadoc, version 6, 7 and 8
(Choose tar.gz archives or self-extracting archives, do _not_ choose the RPM!)
.PP
The following options are recognized:
.B --version
output version information and exit
.PP
-Download a supported Java RE or SDK or API tar.gz or self-extracting archive from
+Download a supported JRE, JDK, API tar.gz or self-extracting archive from
.B http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads
and execute
.B make-jpkg