Robin Green wrote: > On Tue, 26 Jul 2005 17:54:24 +0200, Nicolas Mailhot wrote: > > > So I can install Sun's JDK via JPackage, develop a web > > > application, and be sure that it will run on Fedora's Tomcat? > > > > So you can develop and package an app, and (provided you've > > followed the rules) people can change the implementation of your > > all your app dependencies without needing to change your package. > > Actually, no. Fedora's tomcat packages contain a native and a > non-native version. The native version only works with libgcj, which > is not 100% compatible with Sun's Java. That's an important caveat, > I think. That's not true at all. All Java packages in Fedora should behave the same whatever JVM you're using. If they don't then you've found a bug that needs fixing. Cheers, Gary
