ping #108810 (running tests rn, will undraft after)

Is there a reason like security patches why we should port this to stable?

nix run nixos#nixpkgs-review pr 109055 on x86_64:

https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/109055
9 packages built:
docear ib-controller ib-tws javacard-devkit jre8Plugin oraclejdk oraclejre processing sqldeveloper

on aarch64 (in both cases I had to manually download 3 unfree packages btw)

https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/109055
6 packages built:
docear ib-controller ib-tws jre8Plugin oraclejdk oraclejre

Also on aarch64

$ result/bin/java -version
java version "1.8.0_271"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_271-b09)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.271-b09, mixed mode)

Is there a reason like security patches why we should port this to stable?

not afaict. However, outdated version cannot be found on the internet, so it's basically unusable if you haven't installed it already. There's also precedent for backporting at 9659dbd.

on i686:

nix run nixos#legacyPackages.i686-linux.nixpkgs-review pr 109055
[...]
7 packages built:
docear ib-controller ib-tws javacard-devkit jre8Plugin oraclejdk oraclejre

However, outdated version cannot be found on the internet, so it's basically unusable if you haven't installed it already.

Old versions are actually still available at https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/javase/javase8u211-later-archive-downloads.html but their use is highly discouraged by upstream, because "u" version bumps typically include security patches. For example, 8u261 is affected by most of the CVEs in this table: https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html#AppendixJAVA

Ported to stable as 0fc1862.

This pull request has been mentioned on NixOS Discourse. There might be relevant details there:

https://discourse.nixos.org/t/java-webstart-nixos-18-09/1136/11