Andrew Haley wrote: > 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. See also http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/JavaFAQ Cheers, Gary
