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Java 7 - as dependency of released products/components
Description of Issue
- SL5.9:
- JAVA 7
- The closed-source Java 6 packages are end of life as of Feb 2013. They are not included in SL5 starting with SL5.9 . Openjdk 1.6 and 1.7 are included by TUV. It is believed that openjdk is an acceptable replacement. The closed-source packages can still be downloaded from http://java.sun.com/
- JAVA 7
- Oracle Java SE Support Roadmap
- Oracle Java 6 - Java SE 6 End of Public Updates Notice
- SLC announcement - Oracle (Sun) Java 6 (1.6) End of Life notice: February 2013
Status of UMD services & components
This table lists tests answers received from the TP regading the use of Java 7.
Technology Provider | Service/Component | Comments | Java7 Package to be provided? |
---|---|---|---|
AMGA | - | ||
APEL | APEL server & client | (python) don't depend on Java | |
ARC | - a dependency on java for the java API.
- use whatever is in the distribution, without any particular recommendations. | ||
ARGUS Collaboration | ZZZZ | ||
Grid Information System | don't depend on Java | ||
CREAM | cream-api-java, cream-common, cream, cream-job-plugin | works with Java 7 (tested) | |
CREAM (S)GE module | don't depend on Java | ||
CVMFS | ZZZZ | ||
CERN Data Management | DPM/LFC
FTS3 DMC clients |
no dependency on Java | |
dCache | server & srm-client | all supported versions of dCache *require* Java 7 or newer. It is still avaialable a srmclient version that supports the Java 6. | |
UI/WN | ZZZZ | ||
EMIR | ZZZZ | ||
Frontier Squid | doesn't depend on Java | ||
gLExec-wn | ees-pepd-oh | ees-pepd-oh - runs within an Argus-PEPd service) using java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.65-2.5.1.2.el5_10 on a RedHat5, without any obvious problems, but no endurance testing | |
CESNET | canl-java
L&B - java client and examples |
canl-java - it is in Fedora (with java 1.8) and EPEL 7 (java 1.7)- so Java 7 is well supported
L&B java client can also work with java 1.7. We don't have testsuite for java client, but there are no known issues. |
Java 7 packages to be provided (canl-java and L&B) |
MPI | mpi | doesn't depend on Java | |
QosCosGrid [QCG] | qcg-broker, qcg-broker-client | working with Java version "1.7.0_65", OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea 2.5.1) (7u65-2.5.1-4ubuntu1~0.14.04.2), OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 24.65-b04, mixed mode) | |
VOMS/STORM | VOMS
STORM |
VOMS - can use Java 7 at runtime
STORM - works with Java 7 |
voms-client Java 7 package to be provided |
UNICORE | unicore-unicorex, unicore-registry, unicore-gateway, unicore-xuudb | works with Java 7 | |
UNICORE | unicore-ucc, unicore-hila | Java 7 is recommended. The versions of the products that are in UMD
still depend (via RPM manifest) on Java 6, our new releases (which are not yet in UMD) all require Java 7 |
for unicore-ucc: Java 7 packages to be provided, for unicore-hila: can be removed from UMD |
WMS | WMS | doesn't depend on Java | |
Globus | doesn't depend on Java |