Upgrade OpenJDK 8 to 8u121

[nirvdrum]

It would be very helpful if the OpenJDK packages could be upgrade to 8u121. In addition to the normal set of security updates and new features, it's a requirement for using the latest version of the Graal compiler with Java 8.

[BanzaiMan]

This is a variant of #3259, so the configs shown in #3259 (comment) should work while we wait for the build images to be updated.

language: java
sudo: false # optional

addons:
  apt:
    packages:
      - oracle-java8-installer

jdk: oraclejdk8

[BanzaiMan]

OpenJDK update has to wait until our APT source is updated: https://launchpad.net/~openjdk-r/+archive/ubuntu/ppa

[BanzaiMan]

For non-java builds, just using this should switch JDK to Java 8:

addons:
  apt:
    packages:
      - oracle-java8-installer
      - oracle-java8-set-default

https://travis-ci.org/BanzaiMan/travis_production_test/builds/209809966#L276

[dougxc]

How does one request the owner of the APT source to update to b121 or at least find out what the timetable for doing so is?

[ecki]

Are there any OpenJDK8 packages anyway? the jdk_switcher and the documentation does not list openjdk8 at all.

[dougxc]

Is it possible for Travis to use https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/zesty/+package/openjdk-8-jdk? It seems like there no activity at https://launchpad.net/~openjdk-r/+archive/ubuntu/ppa

[dougxc]

I see that 8u141-b15-3~14.04 is now available at https://launchpad.net/%7Eopenjdk-r/+archive/ubuntu/ppa. Does that mean it's automatically available on Travis now as the openjdk8 package?

[nirvdrum]

Per @dougxc's comment, the PPA that @BanzaiMan now has 8u141 for Trusty and later. Since Travis is sunsetting Precise support, I think this is good enough.