Anthony Green writes: > 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. Absolutely. Something more like "You may manually install the Sun Java tarball into `/opt/`, but this is not a recommended configuration because it doesn't integrate with our 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. I think it is, yes. Can we get these release notes fixed in FC4, rather than waiting for FC5? Andrew.
