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Bug 525630

Summary:	Warn that Java9 doesn't run Eclipse
Product:	Community	Reporter:	Denis Roy <denis.roy>
Component:	Website	Assignee:	phoenix.ui <phoenix.ui-inbox>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3	CC:	chris.guindon, frederic.gurr, ian.skerrett, mikael.barbero, mike.milinkovich, wayne.beaton
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:

Description Denis Roy

2017-10-05 10:39:30 EDT

From what I understand, Java9 will not run Eclipse < Oxygen.1a out of the box.

I suspect a use case where our existing users use the latest Java and try to launch Eclipse, and are met with errors.

Perhaps we should announce on our home page / download page that Java9 requires Oxygen.1a ?

Comment 1 Denis Roy

2017-10-11 11:46:24 EDT

This question is for Ian:

Perhaps we should announce on our home page / download page that Java9 requires Oxygen.1a ?

The Newcomers forum is full of these questions:
https://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php/f/89/

Comment 2 Christopher Guindon

2019-07-03 16:55:49 EDT

Marking has wont fix. 

Denis, please re-open if you think we should still address this problem.