eclipse and java 8 support

[Jimmy Kelley]

On Sun, Apr 13, 2014 at 01:11:07PM +0100, Patrick Mackinlay wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> The minimum eclipse version for support of java 8 execution environments
> is 4.3.2. The FreeBSD eclipse ports are pretty old, even eclipse-devel
> (which I have been using for what seems like years) is on 4.2. Is it
> possible to upgrade, so that at least eclipse 4.3.2 is available. Then
> java devs can experiment with java 8 execution environments and compiler
> compliance levels of 1.8.
> 
> regards,
> Patrick
> 
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Patrick (and a few others that have been asking),

I just put the latest work I've been doing for the Eclipse 4.3.2 port here:

http://webpages.charter.net/ljboiler/eclipseKeplerSR2.shar.gz

I was able to run it on the latest openjdk8 port, and following the
instructions here (https://wiki.eclipse.org/JDT/Eclipse_Java_8_Support_For_Kepler)
I was able to install the updates for Java 8 and build/run a simple HelloWorld
test targeted for the Java 8 runtime.  I welcome any and all interested to try
it out and let me know of any problems.  Beware that you need a solid internet
connection to build this, and lots of memory (2 GB minimum) and disk space (about
15 Gb).

regards,

Jimmy Kelley