I was a little curious how this could be, so I checked around and came across this:
"We can't legally include Java 8 tools in an Eclipse release before Java 8 itself is released. Based on the current java 8 release date estimate, we would be able to include support in the Luna (4.4.0) release."[0]
And since the release date was 2014/3/18 [1] I really can't see why there would be much complaining, if any.
I've stuck with Eclipse (or have been stuck with it) because of the massive ecosystem of associated tools. It takes a lot of effort to predictably develop and release those tools without various projects stepping on one another. So, being a couple of months late just comes along naturally as a byproduct of that which is keeping me with it in the first place.
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I was a little curious how this could be, so I checked around and came across this:
"We can't legally include Java 8 tools in an Eclipse release before Java 8 itself is released. Based on the current java 8 release date estimate, we would be able to include support in the Luna (4.4.0) release."[0]
And since the release date was 2014/3/18 [1] I really can't see why there would be much complaining, if any.
[0] https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=380190#c8
[1] https://www.google.com/search?q=java+8+release+date
Because Netbeans and InteliJ were Java 8 ready on the release date?
I've stuck with Eclipse (or have been stuck with it) because of the massive ecosystem of associated tools. It takes a lot of effort to predictably develop and release those tools without various projects stepping on one another. So, being a couple of months late just comes along naturally as a byproduct of that which is keeping me with it in the first place.