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Bug 431294

Summary:	Provide an "Installing Java 8 support in Kepler" page
Product:	Community	Reporter:	Wayne Beaton <wayne.beaton>
Component:	Website	Assignee:	phoenix.ui <phoenix.ui-inbox>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	major
Priority:	P1	CC:	chris.guindon, contact, daniel_megert, david_williams, denis.roy, ian.skerrett, mike.milinkovich, ralph.mueller
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:

Description Wayne Beaton

2014-03-26 16:51:50 EDT

I'll draft the content. 

Where do we put it?

/downloads/java8
eclip.se/java8

Can we add a banner to the top of the /downloads page that says something to the effect of "Want to install Java 8 support. Find out how..."

Comment 1 Wayne Beaton

2014-03-26 16:53:11 EDT

I'll use the content from my recent blog post as a starting point:

http://waynebeaton.wordpress.com/2014/03/26/add-java-8-support-to-eclipse-kepler/

I'm cranking this up to a P1 since we need to move quickly to catch up with community interest and demand.

Comment 2 Wayne Beaton

2014-03-31 16:29:02 EDT

(In reply to comment #0)
> /downloads/java8

I'm moving forward with /downloads/java8

Comment 3 Dani Megert

2014-04-01 08:19:15 EDT

(In reply to Wayne Beaton from comment #2)
> (In reply to comment #0)
> > /downloads/java8
> 
> I'm moving forward with /downloads/java8

Sounds good. We should also add/include downloads or repos from other projects that have an update for Java 8 (e.g. WTP). David is collecting those via bug 431427. Best would be to create a composite repository with all those.

Comment 4 Wayne Beaton

2014-04-01 17:03:12 EDT

I've created http://eclipse.org/downloads/java8/

The page describes how to use the Eclipse Marketplace Client (MPC) to install Java 8 features. Specifically, I recommend that the user open MPC and search for "java 8 kepler". The search results put the JDT and JST patches at the top. I will monitor the search results periodically to see if we need to optimize the search criteria.

We've created two Marketplace entries:

http://marketplace.eclipse.org/content/java-8-support-eclipse-kepler-sr2
http://marketplace.eclipse.org/content/java-8-facet-web-tools-eclipse-kepler-sr2

These entries are both live.

Comment 5 Wayne Beaton

2014-04-01 19:41:23 EDT

(In reply to Dani Megert from comment #3)
> Sounds good. We should also add/include downloads or repos from other
> projects that have an update for Java 8 (e.g. WTP). David is collecting
> those via bug 431427. Best would be to create a composite repository with
> all those.

I'm all for a composite repository. Who is capable of building and maintaining it?

Comment 6 Mike Milinkovich

2014-04-01 20:30:47 EDT

(In reply to Wayne Beaton from comment #4)
> I've created http://eclipse.org/downloads/java8/

Regarding that page....

I would suggest that you add a section which explicitly spell out the prerequisites. E.g.:

PREREQUISITES:

In order to install the Java(tm) support you will need to have previously installed the following:

1. The Java(tm) 8 runtime [[with link]]
2. One of the Eclipse Kepler SR2 packages [[with link]]

Comment 7 Wayne Beaton

2014-04-01 22:16:50 EDT

(In reply to comment #6)
> I would suggest that you add a section which explicitly spell out the
> prerequisites. 

+1

Done.

Comment 8 Dani Megert

2014-04-02 03:15:55 EDT

(In reply to Wayne Beaton from comment #5)
> (In reply to Dani Megert from comment #3)
> > Sounds good. We should also add/include downloads or repos from other
> > projects that have an update for Java 8 (e.g. WTP). David is collecting
> > those via bug 431427. Best would be to create a composite repository with
> > all those.
> 
> I'm all for a composite repository. Who is capable of building and
> maintaining it?

Probably David, but I know he is very busy.

Comment 9 Denis Roy

2015-02-12 10:22:24 EST

I think we're done here.