Where to send people for preview builds and javadocs

[Howard Lovatt]

Thanks for the suggestion but wget fails for me also :(

sunzero-ln:Downloads lov080$ wget
http://download.java.net/lambda/b105/macosx-x86_64/lambda-8-b105-macosx-x86_64-26_aug_2013.tar.gz
--2013-08-30 18:19:12--
http://download.java.net/lambda/b105/macosx-x86_64/lambda-8-b105-macosx-x86_64-26_aug_2013.tar.gz
Resolving download.java.net (download.java.net)... 137.254.120.26
Connecting to download.java.net (download.java.net)|137.254.120.26|:80...
connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 106467925 (102M) [application/gzip]
Saving to: ‘lambda-8-b105-macosx-x86_64-26_aug_2013.tar.gz’

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On 30 August 2013 16:55, Esko Luontola <esko.luontola at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
> >>>
> >>
> >
>
> --
> Esko Luontola
> www.orfjackal.net
>
>


-- 
  -- Howard.