Dear Wiki user, You have subscribed to a wiki page or wiki category on "Fedora Project Wiki" for change notification. The following page has been changed by ThomasFitzsimmons: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/Java?action=diff&rev2=87&rev1=86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ === OpenJDK 6 === - Fedora 9 includes OpenJDK 6, an open source implementation of the Java Platform, Standard Edition. + Fedora 9 includes OpenJDK 6, an open source implementation of the Java Platform, Standard Edition. OpenJDK 6 is not yet Java compatible; work is underway to certify it. Fedora will track Sun's stable OpenJDK 6 branch. @@ -13, +13 @@ The OpenJDK 6 packages, `java-1.6.0-openjdk\*`, replace their IcedTea counterparts, `java-1.7.0-icedtea\*`. The Fedora 8 IcedTea packages track the unstable OpenJDK 7 branch, whereas the `java-1.6.0-openjdk\*` packages track the stable OpenJDK 6 branch. The decision to have OpenJDK 6 replace IcedTea was made for several reasons: - * Sun has replaced most of the encumbrances for which IcedTea was providing replacements for. + * Sun has replaced most of the encumbrances for which IcedTea was providing replacements. * IcedTea's mandate is to merge as much as possible with OpenJDK, so the differences between IcedTea and OpenJDK should diminish over time. * OpenJDK 6 is a stable branch, whereas OpenJDK 7 is unstable, and is not expected to ship a stable release until 2009. * Sun has licensed the OpenJDK trademark for use in Fedora. * Shipping both OpenJDK 6 and IcedTea would have been confusing, and would have added size to the distribution. - IcedTea continues to provide autotools support ({{{autoconf}}}, {{{automake}}}, {{{libtool}}}, and so on), a portable interpreter for PowerPC and 64-bit PowerPC architectures, plugin support, Java Web Start support, and patches to integrate OpenJDK into Fedora. The IcedTea sources are included in the `java-1.6.0-openjdk` SRPM. + IcedTea continues to provide autotools support ({{{autoconf}}}, {{{automake}}}, {{{libtool}}}, and so on), a portable interpreter for PowerPC and 64-bit PowerPC architectures, plugin support, Web Start support, and patches to integrate OpenJDK into Fedora. The IcedTea sources are included in the `java-1.6.0-openjdk` SRPM. - - OpenJDK 6 is not Java compatible; work is underway to certify it. === Handling Java Applets === @@ -31, +29 @@ * The `gcjwebplugin` adaptation does not support [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=304031 signed applets]. Signed applets will run in untrusted mode. Experimental support for signed applets is present in the IcedTea repository, but it is not ready for deployment in Fedora. * The `gcjwebplugin` security policy may be too restrictive. To enable restricted applets, run the {{{firefox -g}}} command in a terminal window to see what is being restricted, and then grant the restricted permission in the `/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0/jre/lib/security/java.policy` file. - === Handling Java Web Start Applications === + === Handling Web Start Applications === - Upstream OpenJDK does not provide Java Web Start support. Experimental Java Web Start support is present in the IcedTea repository, but is not ready for deployment in Fedora. + Upstream OpenJDK does not provide Web Start support. Experimental Web Start support via [http://jnlp.sourceforge.net/ NetX] is present in the IcedTea repository, but is not ready for deployment in Fedora. === Fedora and JPackage === -- Fedora-relnotes-content mailing list Fedora-relnotes-content@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-relnotes-content
