Where to send people for preview builds and javadocs

[Esko Luontola]

I've had failed downloads (either corrupted files or the speed slowing 
to a halt) when downloading the EA builds with Chrome. Downloads with 
wget have worked. It might also be worth trying another browser.


Howard Lovatt wrote on 30.8.2013 1:40:
> 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.
>>>
>>
>

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