The current "Java" content for the release notes (from FC4) are pretty slim. I'll quote them below with my comments and questions... > Fedora Core 4 users are advised not to use the Java RPM provided by > Sun. It contains Provides that conflict with names used in packages > provided as part of Fedora Core 4. Because of this, Sun Java might > disappear from an installed system during package upgrade operations. I assume this is still true. Does anybody have a pointer to the details? > Fedora Core 4 users should use either the RPM available from > http://www.jpackage.org/, or manually install the Sun Java tarball > into `/opt/`. I think we should discourage the /opt solution, since it doesn't integrate with out alternatives-based solution. Also, I thought there were problems with using the binary RPM from JPackage, and users _have_ to rebuild from the SRPM. Does anybody know about this? > Sun Java 1.5+ is recommended for stability purposes. Is this really true? What about IBM or BEA? Should we even be making specific recommendations here? Perhaps this is best avoided. Thanks, AG
