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- At the AGM we formed an ad-hoc documentation working group. - One of our ideas was that we should have a last reviewed date for documentation, so that we can periodically implement a review mechanism (GitHub Actions posts to Slack for a regular documentation outdatedness check?) to track how old docs are and ensure they're still relevant. - This is a first step towards that goal, by adding a `last_review_date` to the metadata of all docs with a date of earlier than Homebrew's inception because everything needs reviewing so that we start from a good base!
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| 1970-01-01 |
Homebrew and Java
This page describes how Java is handled in Homebrew for users. Prospective formula authors may refer to existing Java-based formulae for examples of how to install packages written in Java via Homebrew, or visit the Homebrew discussion forum to seek guidance for their specific situation.
Most Java-based packages in Homebrew use the default Homebrew-provided openjdk package for their JDK dependency, although some packages with specific version requirements may use a versioned package such as openjdk@8.
Executing commands using a different JDK
In situations where the user wants to override the use of the Homebrew-provided JDK, setting the JAVA_HOME environment variable will cause the specified location to be used as the Java home directory instead of the version of openjdk specified as a dependency.