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Openjdk-8 in Ubuntu14.04

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Hi,
i have a question about openjdk-8 in Ubuntu14.04? Will there be addes packages?
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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#1

You could use the PPA https://launchpad.net/~openjdk-r/+archive/ubuntu/ppa

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Mal0ney84 (mal0ney84-0) said : 		#2

But what about fixing security issues? http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0067.html there are serveral security issues which make a new package necessary?
Is there no information about official openjdk-8 packages for Ubuntu 14.04?

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#3

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0067.html is about openjdk-7, So what problem do you see with openjdk-8 in that context?

If you look at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-8/+publishinghistory you will see that there is no official package for openjdk-8 on Ubuntu 14.04, only in PPAs

And yes, there are open CVEs for openjdk-8 in Ubuntu http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/pkg/openjdk-8.html but they will be covered by the official channels only in 14.10 and 15.04.

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