When will JDK 9 builds move to requiring the boot JDK be JDK 8?

[Joe Darcy]

A broader question this issue raises is why are components like corba 
built using the book JDK rather than the JDK they are a part of?

-Joe

On 04/03/2014 01:43 AM, Alan Bateman wrote:
>
> We had problems in jdk9/dev in the last day or so where there were 
> changes pushed to the corba repo that use APIs that are new in JDK 8. 
> This caused problems when building jdk9/dev with a 7uX build as the 
> boot JDK and made it obvious that there are a mix of boot JDKs in use 
> (some people use 7uX, some use 8).
>
> I'm wondering when is the time to move to requiring the boot JDK be a 
> JDK 8 build? This came up in December too when a change to langtools 
> had to be reserved in order to keep jdk9/dev building with a 7uX build 
> as the boot JDK.
>
> Are there any reasons not to switch now?
>
> -Alan.