[Geoserver-devel] GeoServer support for Java 8, Java 7 end of life April 2015?

Jukka_Rahkonen · January 29, 2015, 2:49pm

Hi,

GeoServer is probably already functioning under Java 8. It does not build yet with jre 8 but you can run binaries which are compiled with jre 7 with jre 8. Running Geoserver with jre 8 is not thoroughly tested but I haven't seen any reports about malfunctions in the mailing list. I have made some quick tests without problems and I am sure that others have done the same. I recommend you to make your own tests and report here if you find any issues.

-Jukka Rahkonen-

Michael Ferrante wrote:

It seems like Oracle is stepping up the pace of Java upgrades. Java 8 is now "strongly recommended" by Oracle (Java auto-updater suggests installing it) and Java 7 end of public updates is scheduled for April 2015.

How close is Geoserver to being able to function under Java 8?

References:

Java 7 - end of public updates - April 2015:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/eol-135779.html

Java 8 update "strongly recommended" from Oracle:
http://java.com/en/download/java8_update.jsp

  Free Java Update 8
  Version 8 Update 31
  Release date January 20, 2015

  Your system currently has an older version of Java and you are
  receiving this update notification because a newer version has
  been automatically detected.

This release addresses security concerns. Oracle strongly recommends
that all Java SE 8 users upgrade to this release.

Please install this free Java Update by clicking on the Install
button on the Java Update window.

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Jonathan_Moules1 · January 29, 2015, 5:04pm

I recommend you to make your own tests and report here if you find any issues.

For this sort of thing, it's also worth reporting if there aren't any problems too.

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Subject: Re: [Geoserver-devel] GeoServer support for Java 8, Java 7 end of life April 2015?

Hi,

GeoServer is probably already functioning under Java 8. It does not build yet with jre 8 but you can run binaries which are compiled with jre 7 with jre 8. Running Geoserver with jre 8 is not thoroughly tested but I haven't seen any reports about malfunctions in the mailing list. I have made some quick tests without problems and I am sure that others have done the same. I recommend you to make your own tests and report here if you find any issues.

-Jukka Rahkonen-

Michael Ferrante wrote:

It seems like Oracle is stepping up the pace of Java upgrades. Java 8 is now "strongly recommended" by Oracle (Java auto-updater suggests installing it) and Java 7 end of public updates is scheduled for April 2015.

How close is Geoserver to being able to function under Java 8?

References:

Java 7 - end of public updates - April 2015:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/eol-135779.html

Java 8 update "strongly recommended" from Oracle:
http://java.com/en/download/java8_update.jsp

  Free Java Update 8
  Version 8 Update 31
  Release date January 20, 2015

  Your system currently has an older version of Java and you are
  receiving this update notification because a newer version has
  been automatically detected.

This release addresses security concerns. Oracle strongly recommends
that all Java SE 8 users upgrade to this release.

Please install this free Java Update by clicking on the Install
button on the Java Update window.

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Michael_Ferrante · January 30, 2015, 7:31pm

We have tried it running under Java 8 and we haven't encountered any problems
at this point.
java version "1.8.0_31"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_31-b13)

We have GeoServer running under Windows 2008 R2 connecting to Sql Server
2012 geospatial databases.

Thanks for the advice,
Michael

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