Bug 453804

Summary:	Create ebuilds for jdk 8 (early access release), a current Java 8 partial implementation
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Alexey Mironchenko <dsmd90>
Component:	[OLD] Java	Assignee:	Java team <java>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	enhancement	CC:	jrmalaq, kingjon3377, pacho
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Alexey Mironchenko 2013-01-24 12:02:05 UTC

There is already a binary early access release build.
http://jdk8.java.net/download.html

There are sources for it, too. 

I think, someone should add an ebuild(s) with one or both options to the java-overlay, or even to the main portage repository.

I`ll try to make an ebuild for binary ones, and, possibly, for from-source build, but, disregarding my over 4 years gentoo experience, I`m completely new to writing ebuilds. 

So, if some people are working on it, I will appreciate them for acknowledgement.
Otherwise, I`ll try to write and submit some ebuild here within 24 hours.

Related links (build instructions,readme and so on)
http://blog.asd-networks.com/blog/blog-post/2011/11/16/open-jdk-8/
http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8/jdk8/raw-file/tip/README

Comment 1 James Le Cuirot gentoo-dev

2016-05-02 21:04:53 UTC

Old bug is old.