Where to send people for preview builds and javadocs

[Howard Lovatt]

No luck with the OSX download. It failed at work and home. :(

Sent from my iPad

On 29/08/2013, at 10:59 AM, Kon Soulianidis <kon at outrospective.org> wrote:

> Hi Howard
> 
> Link works for me and I'm in Melbourne.  Maybe it was down momentarily?
> 
> Let me know how you go
> 
> Kon
> 
> 
> On 29 August 2013 10:30, Howard Lovatt <howard.lovatt at gmail.com> wrote:
>> The link:
>> 
>> http://jdk8.java.net/lambda/
>> 
>> Doesn't work for me on a Mac - it times out
>> 
>> 
>> On 27 August 2013 08:53, Mike Duigou <mike.duigou at oracle.com> wrote:
>> 
>> >
>> > On Aug 26 2013, at 15:12 , Michael Hixson wrote:
>> >
>> > > Hello,
>> > >
>> > > I wrote a blog post about Java 8 a while ago that focused mostly on
>> > > project lambda features.  It contained some links to a locally-hosted
>> > > version of the javadocs and invited people to download preview builds
>> > > from here:
>> > >
>> > > http://jdk8.java.net/lambda/
>> > >
>> > > 1. Is that still the right place to send people for preview builds?
>> >
>> > Yes. Though non-totally-bleeding-edge folks may want to look at the
>> > general Java 8 preview instead:
>> >
>> > http://jdk8.java.net/download.html
>> >
>> > which now has most of the lambda functionality. At this point the lambda
>> > preview is probably of interest to only those who are interested in
>> > specific fixes.
>> >
>> > > 2. If the answer for #1 will change over time, is there a mailing list
>> > > that will notify people about that change?
>> >
>> > This list.
>> >
>> > > 3. Is there an Oracle-hosted, non-.zip version of the javadocs that's
>> > > kept up to date with the latest preview builds?
>> >
>> > No. Unfortunately it has been too cumbersome for lambda preview to push a
>> > live set of docs.
>> >
>> > The general Java 8 preview builds *do* publish live javadocs that will
>> > generally (and increasingly) be quite similar to the lambda docs here:
>> >
>> > http://download.java.net/jdk8/docs/api/index.html
>> >
>> > Enjoy!
>> >
>> > Mike
>> >
>> >
>> 
>> 
>> --
>>   -- Howard.
>> 
>