Re: oracle-j{dk,re}8 removal proposal

[Ryo ONODERA <ryo%tetera.org@localhost>]

Hi,

Thomas Klausner <wiz%NetBSD.org@localhost> writes:

> Hi!
>
> We have various (native) openjdk versions in pkgsrc.
>
> We also still have oracle-jre8 and oracle-jdk8, binary packages for
> the Linux versions of Java 8 from Oracle. The distfiles are not freely
> available, you have to agree to a license to download them.
>
> I propose removing these packages for these reasons:
> - old Java version
> - Linux binary
> - cumbersome license
> - openjdk8 available

I have no objection.
JDK8 is still supported and maintained, however no need to use
restricted binaries from Oracle for pkgsrc.

Thank you.

>  Thomas

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