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Bug 481997

Summary:	[Neon] Require Java Version 1.8 or higher in all EPP packages
Product:	[Technology] EPP	Reporter:	Markus Knauer <mknauer>
Component:	package content	Assignee:	Project Inbox <epp.packager-inbox>
Status:	CLOSED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	major
Priority:	P3	CC:	loskutov, marcel.bruch, mknauer
Version:	4.6.0
Target Milestone:	4.6.0M3
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
See Also:	https://git.eclipse.org/r/60197
Whiteboard:
Bug Depends on:	464771
Bug Blocks:

Description Markus Knauer

2015-11-12 04:55:44 EST

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #464771 +++

With Eclipse Mars we increased the Java version requirement in the in the eclipse.ini and in the product definition to Java 1.7.

I propose to increase the version requirement again in all packages for the Eclipse Neon release in 2016, this time to Java 1.8.

In a long discussion on the epp-dev mailing list [1] a lot of good reasons for this increase were given. With the decision of the Eclipse PMC on August 5 [2] important parts of the platform will require at least Java 1.8 - those parts are included in *all* packages.

A summary of the reasons have been assembled by Eric in the wiki [3], and the installation description [4] has been updated.



[1] https://dev.eclipse.org/mhonarc/lists/epp-dev/msg03626.html
[2] https://wiki.eclipse.org/Eclipse/PMC#Meeting_Minutes see August 5, 2015
[3] https://wiki.eclipse.org/Eclipse/Installation/Java8Required
[4] https://wiki.eclipse.org/Eclipse/Installation#Eclipse_4.6_.28Neon.29

Comment 1 Markus Knauer

2015-11-12 10:52:44 EST

Pushed to Git with commit 064ca489cda015d992b79d6b9623465534e2bbc4.

The change includes the following changes in the eclipse.ini of all packages:

- set osgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.8
- review and remove XX:MaxPermSize paramater

Comment 2 Markus Knauer

2016-02-21 04:03:36 EST

Closing as FIXED in Neon M3.