[PLUG] Any Java experts here?

[Rich Shepard]

On Sat, 10 Aug 2019, Tomas Kuchta wrote:

> Openjdk8 should not depend on open jdk 7.

Tomas,

However, for whatever the reason the Slackbuilds.org openjdk8 requires
openjdk7.

> Given that the current openJdk version is 11, it looks like somewhat
> misconfigured system.

JabRef requires jdk8; I have openjdk11 installed, too.

> What is SBo? Have never heard of it. Something do do with Java...?

SBo <https://www.slackbuilds.org/> is the source of many non-core packages
for Slackware. It exists by dozens of folks around the world who contribute
their time to maintaining packages in the Slackware format (.tgz and .txz)
that don't come on the distribution DVDs. Think of it as the equivalent of
the .deb and .rpm repos for distributions that use those package formats.

Regards,

Rich