RFC: Future of java/openjdk6 and java/openjdk7

[Greg Lewis]

On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 09:04:18AM +0200, Andrea Venturoli wrote:
> On 8/2/19 3:41 AM, Greg Lewis wrote:
> 
> > However, I wanted to get an idea of how many people are explicitly using
> > either openjdk6 or openjdk7 and can't update to at least openjdk8.
> 
> Here I am (sorry for being so late, I was on vacation).
> 
> Unfortunately I'm stuck with OpenJDK6 for testing applications which 
> will run on a production system which only has OpenJDK6 :(
> That production system is out of my reach WRT updates.
> 
> In any case, I'm not requesting you spend time on it for me.
> When it will be removed, I'll get my way out of it somehow.

Thanks for the input.  With extended support for OpenJDK 6 having ended
last December, I'd recommend having a discussion about updating the
system with the interested stakeholders.

I've just marked openjdk6 for expiration one month from now.  If you need
to, I'd suggest building a package for whichever FreeBSD version is
relevant to you and backing that up somewhere.  That will likely allow
you to continue to use it if you need once the port is gone.

-- Greg