Re: Java 8 security patching

[James Kennard <james.kennard@livingwith.health>]

Yes, it has been a long time now, but it's taken time for the alternatives to gain traction. I was just trying to understand the current state of play to help work out how and when to move away from openjdk-8.

Thanks again for all your help.

On Mon, 13 Feb 2023 at 14:05, Thorsten Glaser <t.glaser@tarent.de> wrote:

On Mon, 13 Feb 2023, James Kennard wrote:

>With the changes to Java licensing

What changes? It’s been GPLv2 + Classpath exception for *ages* now.

>, alternative distributions of Java have
>become increasingly popular. They all have their pros and cons,

Perhaps, but we’re still talking about the openjdk-8 package here,
which, you know, ships OpenJDK 8…

bye,
//mirabilos
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