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Java 11 support for Eclipse 2018-09 (4.9) no longer exists [message #1804797]

Mon, 01 April 2019 12:43

Tuhin Sengupta

Messages: 4
Registered: April 2019

Junior Member

Hi all,

According to this eclipse-dev post , Java 11 support for eclipse 4.9 was released in Sep 2018 but doesn't seem to exist anymore.
The market place link as mentioned in the aforementioned post leads to 404 error.

Is the support withdrawn? or any plans to bring it back later in future?
What happened to it?

I could live with Java 12 support but it only seems to exist for eclipse 2019-03 (4.11).
Any plans for Java 12 support for eclipse 2018-09 (4.9) ?

Thanks in advance.

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Re: Java 11 support for Eclipse 2018-09 (4.9) no longer exists [message #1804818 is a reply to message #1804797]

Mon, 01 April 2019 18:24

Ed Merks

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Registered: July 2009

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Is there a reason you can't just install the last release 2019-09? No, older releases will not be changed to support newer versions of Java; that will only happen in newer releases.

Ed Merks
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Re: Java 11 support for Eclipse 2018-09 (4.9) no longer exists [message #1804824 is a reply to message #1804818]

Tue, 02 April 2019 02:49

Sarika Sinha

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Registered: February 2010
Location: Bangalore, India

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Java 12 support is available at https://marketplace.eclipse.org/content/java-12-support-eclipse-2019-03-411 as mentioned in eclipse dev post
https://www.eclipse.org/lists/eclipse-dev/msg11011.html

As Java 12 Market place is available, Java 11 market place entry has been removed.

Sarika Sinha
JDT Programmer

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Re: Java 11 support for Eclipse 2018-09 (4.9) no longer exists [message #1804825 is a reply to message #1804797]

Tue, 02 April 2019 03:42

Sravan Kumar Lakkimsetti

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Registered: February 2014

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Full fledged Java 11 support has been included in 2018-12 (4.10) release. If you upgrade to 4.10 you'll get Java 11 support out of the box. Please upgrade to 2018-12(4.10) release.

Java 12 support is available as a patch with 4.11 release and out of the box support will be included in 4.12.

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Re: Java 11 support for Eclipse 2018-09 (4.9) no longer exists [message #1804833 is a reply to message #1804818]

Tue, 02 April 2019 06:52

Tuhin Sengupta

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Registered: April 2019

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Ed Merks wrote on Mon, 01 April 2019 18:24

Is there a reason you can't just install the last release 2019-09?

Thanks for the response Ed.
Our production depends on eclipse 2018-09. Upgrading has a cost, so we were refraining from doing it.

[Updated on: Tue, 02 April 2019 07:00]

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Re: Java 11 support for Eclipse 2018-09 (4.9) no longer exists [message #1804837 is a reply to message #1804818]

Tue, 02 April 2019 07:05

Tuhin Sengupta

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Registered: April 2019

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Ed Merks wrote on Mon, 01 April 2019 18:24

No, older releases will not be changed to support newer versions of Java; that will only happen in newer releases.

This is expected. I don't expect it to be supported out of the box. That's why there a separate plugin was built, which is sadly gone.

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Re: Java 11 support for Eclipse 2018-09 (4.9) no longer exists [message #1804844 is a reply to message #1804837]

Tue, 02 April 2019 08:25

Ed Willink

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Registered: July 2009

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Hi

Quote:

The market place link as mentioned in the aforementioned post leads to 404 error.

This seems like an oversight.

The new phenomenon of frequent and transient major Java releases and the new three-monthly Eclipse releases present new challenges.

While backporting Java support is unlikely, I don't see why today's recommended installs do not remain available for at least two years. I suggest raising a Bugzilla and maybe someone can restore the link or at least provide an alternative URL.

Regards

Ed Willink

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Re: Java 11 support for Eclipse 2018-09 (4.9) no longer exists [message #1804873 is a reply to message #1804844]

Tue, 02 April 2019 14:33

Dani Megert

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Registered: July 2009

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We will not restore the Marketplace entry, but I have restored the update site (https://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/updates/4.9-P-builds/) again.

HTH
Dani

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