Unable to download OpenJDK 8

Andrew Haley aph at redhat.com
Fri Aug 23 08:59:38 UTC 2019


On 8/23/19 9:26 AM, Dalibor Topic wrote:
> 
> On 23.08.2019 10:18, Andrew Haley wrote:
>> On 8/23/19 9:14 AM, Dalibor Topic wrote:
>>> Archived Oracle OpenJDK GA releases can be found at
>>> https://jdk.java.net/archive/ .
>>
>> Please do not post messages like this. The GA release does not have
>> security fixes.
> 
> I would kindly suggest reading the site in question, prior to replying 
> back based on some assumption of its content. ;

Kindly suggest what you will, but I will reply that it's terrible
advice for anyone who wants an OpenJDK to actually use. It is clear
from the OP's message that use, as opposed to mere curiosity, is what
they had in mind.

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