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

Mon, 01 April 2019 08:43

Eclipse User

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Is the support withdrawn?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.

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 14:24

Eclipse User

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.

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

Mon, 01 April 2019 22:49

Eclipse User

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.

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

Mon, 01 April 2019 23:42

Eclipse User

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.

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 02:52

Eclipse User

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 03:00] by Moderator

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 03:05

Eclipse User

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.

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 04:25

Eclipse User

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

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 10:33

Eclipse User

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

Re: Java 11 support for Eclipse 2018-09 (4.9) no longer exists [message #1804970 is a reply to message #1804873]

Thu, 04 April 2019 02:31

Eclipse User

Dani Megert wrote on Tue, 02 April 2019 14:33

We will not restore the Marketplace entry, but I have restored the update site

Great.Thanks.
This should help.

Regards
Tuhin

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