Anthony Green wrote: > 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? I'd drop the "Because of this..." bit, since there are many other bad things that would be tedious to list. > > 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. I wouldn't mention it at all. > 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? Users have to fetch the proprietary code themselves, since JPackage can't distribute it. > > 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. We shouldn't be recommending proprietary stuff IMO. Cheers, Gary
