Description of problem:
Package icu4j fails to build with Java 8.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
52.1-2

A patch for this has just beed commited in Debian:

http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=pkg-java/icu4j-4.4.git;a=commitdiff;h=9f7d06f

Additional info:

    [javac] Compiling 14 source files to /builddir/build/BUILD/icu4j-52.1/tools/build/out/bin 
    [javac] /builddir/build/BUILD/icu4j-52.1/tools/build/src/com/ibm/icu/dev/tool/docs/ICUTaglet.java:17: error: cannot find symbol 
    [javac] import com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.taglets.TagletOutput; 
    [javac]                                                      ^ 
    [javac]   symbol:   class TagletOutput 
    [javac]   location: package com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit.taglets 
    [javac] /builddir/build/BUILD/icu4j-52.1/tools/build/src/com/ibm/icu/dev/tool/docs/ICUTaglet.java:104: error: cannot find symbol 
    [javac]     public TagletOutput getTagletOutput(Tag tag, TagletWriter writer) 
    [javac]            ^ 
    [javac]   symbol:   class TagletOutput 
    [javac]   location: class ICUTaglet 
    [javac] /builddir/build/BUILD/icu4j-52.1/tools/build/src/com/ibm/icu/dev/tool/docs/ICUTaglet.java:112: error: cannot find symbol 
    [javac]     public TagletOutput getTagletOutput(Doc holder, TagletWriter writer) 
    [javac]            ^ 
    [javac]   symbol:   class TagletOutput 
    [javac]   location: class ICUTaglet 
    [javac] /builddir/build/BUILD/icu4j-52.1/tools/build/src/com/ibm/icu/dev/tool/docs/ICUTaglet.java:107: error: cannot find symbol 
    [javac]         TagletOutput out = writer.getTagletOutputInstance(); 
    [javac]         ^ 
    [javac]   symbol:   class TagletOutput 
    [javac]   location: class ICUTaglet 
    [javac] /builddir/build/BUILD/icu4j-52.1/tools/build/src/com/ibm/icu/dev/tool/docs/ICUTaglet.java:107: error: cannot find symbol 
    [javac]         TagletOutput out = writer.getTagletOutputInstance(); 
    [javac]                                  ^ 
    [javac]   symbol:   method getTagletOutputInstance() 
    [javac]   location: variable writer of type TagletWriter 
    [javac] /builddir/build/BUILD/icu4j-52.1/tools/build/src/com/ibm/icu/dev/tool/docs/ICUTaglet.java:115: error: cannot find symbol 
    [javac]         TagletOutput out = writer.getTagletOutputInstance(); 
    [javac]         ^ 
    [javac]   symbol:   class TagletOutput 
    [javac]   location: class ICUTaglet 
    [javac] /builddir/build/BUILD/icu4j-52.1/tools/build/src/com/ibm/icu/dev/tool/docs/ICUTaglet.java:115: error: cannot find symbol 
    [javac]         TagletOutput out = writer.getTagletOutputInstance(); 
    [javac]                                  ^ 
    [javac]   symbol:   method getTagletOutputInstance() 
    [javac]   location: variable writer of type TagletWriter 
    [javac] Note: Some input files use unchecked or unsafe operations. 
    [javac] Note: Recompile with -Xlint:unchecked for details. 
    [javac] 7 errors