[Bug 1297065] [NEW] openjdk-8 in ubuntu

[andrew]

Public bug reported:

I'm an avid Java developer. And rely on the simplicity of Ubuntu +
Eclipse + JDK (openjdk-7) for my main environment. A few days ago, JDK 8
was released. How much would it take to see openjdk-8 as part of the
official repository? I don't want to manually install it. I prefer it
got updated through the Ubuntu's own update manager.

I know there is a PPA with the Oracle JDK 8 but I prefer to stick with
OpenJDK and not have to add new PPA's to my servers.

** Affects: openjdk-7 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  openjdk-8 in ubuntu

Status in “openjdk-7” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I'm an avid Java developer. And rely on the simplicity of Ubuntu +
  Eclipse + JDK (openjdk-7) for my main environment. A few days ago, JDK
  8 was released. How much would it take to see openjdk-8 as part of the
  official repository? I don't want to manually install it. I prefer it
  got updated through the Ubuntu's own update manager.

  I know there is a PPA with the Oracle JDK 8 but I prefer to stick with
  OpenJDK and not have to add new PPA's to my servers.

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