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Re: [eclipse-dev] Eclipse + Java 8 : Early Access Release III available - 45 day beta program starts.
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Yes i'm running it on luna!
Tom
Von meinem iPhone gesendet
> Am 01.02.2014 um 05:55 schrieb Igor Fedorenko <igor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
> Is this compatible with Luna? The wiki only mentions Kepler.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Igor
>
>> On 1/31/2014, 23:39, Srikanth S Adayapalam wrote:
>> Greetings,
>>
>> Eclipse team is pleased to announce the availability of early
>> access release builds with much improved support for Java 8.
>>
>> What is new in this release ?
>>
>> - JDT/Core and JDT/APT modules are feature complete for Java 8.
>> - Full support for Java 8 type inference specification.
>> - Lambda Serialization support.
>> - Improved support for Java 8 in JDT/UI and JDT/Debug
>> - Numerous defect fixes.
>>
>> Defects/Issues fixed since EAR II can be seen here:
>>
>> https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=VERIFIED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=resolution&chfieldfrom=2013-12-21&chfieldto=Now&classification=Eclipse&component=APT&component=Core&component=Debug&component=Doc&component=Text&component=UI&list_id=8112197&product=JDT&query_format=advanced&target_milestone=BETA%20J8
>>
>>
>> What is ready to be tested ?
>>
>> Compiler, editor, reconciler, formatter, code completion engine,
>> code navigation support, incremental builder, search engine
>> annotation processor framework, Java model, AST APIs etc
>> should be fully functional.
>>
>> 308 annotations based null analysis capability.
>>
>> Basic UI infrastructure like the Java related views,
>> Java Compiler compliance settings, Organize Imports, Mark
>> Occurrences,
>> Open Declaration (F3), Edit > Expand Selection To > ...,
>> Content Assist (Ctrl+Space), Formatting, and Source Actions etc
>> should
>> work correctly in most situations when you start using them with
>> Java 8
>> constructs.
>>
>> What work is still pending ?
>>
>> Advanced UI features like Quick Fixes (Ctrl+1 or via problem
>> hover),
>> Clean Ups and Refactorings should work fine for Java 7 features but
>> may fail on new language constructs. Work on these capabilities
>> exists
>> in an evolved form in the private branches of committers and are in
>> the process of being reviewed, tested and integrated.
>>
>> We do know of a bunch of open issues in debug support - This is
>> also
>> being actively worked on.
>>
>> Feature complete != bug free
>>
>> Known problems that are in the reckoning for inclusion into the
>> GA release can be seen here:
>>
>> https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/buglist.cgi?bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&classification=Eclipse&component=APT&component=Core&component=Debug&component=Doc&component=Text&component=UI&list_id=8112241&product=JDT&query_format=advanced&target_milestone=BETA%20J8
>>
>>
>>
>> Feature complete != exhaustively tested.
>>
>> This is where you come in ! We request your active
>> participation in this 45 day beta program
>> leading up to high quality support for Java 8 in your favorite IDE.
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Anticipated question: My project won't upgrade to Java 8 anytime soon,
>> should I be testing ?
>>
>> Absolutely ! Major subsystems of the compiler have undergone
>> significant rework
>> to support Java 8. So if you plan to use Luna (into which stream Java 8
>> support would be
>> merged at GA) even if only to develop 1.5 code you should test to make
>> sure that there
>> are no perturbation in your development.
>>
>> Installation instructions & Java 8 support release plan leading up to GA
>> are
>> available here:
>>
>> https://wiki.eclipse.org/JDT/Eclipse_Java_8_Support_(BETA)
>>
>>
>> Happy testing,
>> Thanks!
>> Srikanth.
>>
>>
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