----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mikolaj Izdebski" <mizdebsk@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: "Fedora Java Development List" <java-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Monday, 18 May, 2015 8:07:15 AM > Subject: Proposal to deprecate _prefer_jre > > _prefer_jre is environmental variable, which once set to true causes > javapackages-tools to prefer JRE over JDK when choosing JVM to use. > > _prefer_jre was most useful in multi-JVM scenario. For example when > there was JDK 1.5 and JRE 1.7 installed, javapackages-tools would choose > JDK 1.5 by default. Setting _prefer_jre=true would allow more recent JRE > 1.7 to be used instead. > > Currently in Fedora there is only one Java implementation. Moreover, > with Java 9 distinction between JDK and JRE becomes less clear. > Therefore I propose to deprecate _prefer_jre environmental variable and > remove it in a future release of javapackages-tools, in a year or so. > > Any objections or comments? +1 . It's not widely used and is yet another reason for unpredictability. Alexander Kurtakov Red Hat Eclipse team > > -- > Mikolaj Izdebski > Software Engineer, Red Hat > IRC: mizdebsk > -- > java-devel mailing list > java-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/java-devel -- java-devel mailing list java-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/java-devel
