From f596af634049aadcb9bcddac47920888b951a7aa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: dmarting Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2017 15:59:10 +0200 Subject: Blog post announcing deprecation of the JDK 7 installer PiperOrigin-RevId: 154292299 --- site/blog/_posts/2017-04-21-JDK7-deprecation.md | 51 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 51 insertions(+) create mode 100644 site/blog/_posts/2017-04-21-JDK7-deprecation.md (limited to 'site') diff --git a/site/blog/_posts/2017-04-21-JDK7-deprecation.md b/site/blog/_posts/2017-04-21-JDK7-deprecation.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..f010dbaa58 --- /dev/null +++ b/site/blog/_posts/2017-04-21-JDK7-deprecation.md @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ +--- +layout: posts +title: JDK7 deprecation +--- + +The Bazel team has been maintaining a separate, stripped-down build of Bazel +that runs with JDK 7. The 0.5.1 release will no longer provide this special +version. + +To address the problem of JDK 8 not being available on some machines, starting +with version 0.5.0, our installer will embed a JDK by default. + +If you have any concerns, please reach out to +[bazel-discuss@googlegroups.com](mailto:bazel-discuss@googlegroups.com). + +__Recap:__ + +__0.5.0__: + + * `bazel-0.5.0-installer.sh`: default version, with embedded JDK. + * `bazel-0.5.0-without-jdk-installer.sh`: version without embedded JDK. + * `bazel-0.5.0-jdk7-installer.sh`: last release compatible with JDK 7. + +__0.5.1__: + + * `bazel-0.5.1-installer.sh`: default version, with embedded JDK. + * `bazel-0.5.1-without-jdk-installer.sh`: version without embedded JDK. + +__Migration path:__ + +If you are currently using the Bazel with JDK 7, then starting with version +0.5.0 you must start using the default installer. + +If you are currently using the default installer and do not want to use a +version with embedded JDK, then use the `-without-jdk` version. + +__Note:__ + +Homebrew and debian packages do not contain the embedded JDK. This change only +affects the shell installers. + +__Thanks:__ + +Thanks everybody for bearing with all the JDK 7 related issues, including the +Java team at Google, in particular +[Liam Miller-Cushon](https://github.com/cushon). + +Special thanks to [Philipp Wollermann](https://github.com/philwo) who made this +new installer possible. + + -- cgit v1.2.3