Sean Gilligan wrote: > Ralph Angenendt wrote: ... >> >> Maybe someone with a bit better java background than I have would like to >> chime in? Ned-style disclaimer, I am not a Java expert; OTOH, I have built/rebuilt-from-SRPM a lot of Java packages over the years using the HowTo or variations on that theme, so I'm chiming in anyway. > Russ Herrold added the "special note" on OpenJDK, hopefully he will > chime in. > > Sorry, again for the long-winded proposal. To make a real quick summary > of what I'm suggesting: > > 1) Move the current HowTo to a new Java Section > 2) Create a new NowTo for OpenJDK on CentOS 5.3 and later Makes sense to me, but the older 5.x stuff should be moved out of the main article to a footnote, or better yet to a "Legacy" [sub]page to avoid confusion - if it is to be kept at all. We don't want to encourage people to use the 5.0-5.2 approach on 5.3, nor to fail to keep up to date. > The current HowTo describes various methods of installing Sun or IBM's > commercial Java. > > OpenJDK makes CentOS 5.3 the first version of CentOS to have a built-in > Java that is fully compatible with Sun's latest Java. This is a > significant change from earlier releases and for most 5.3 users makes > the previous HowTo obsolete. +1 with the caveat that plugins are not provided by the upstream packages. Sounds like a CentOSplus candidate, or we are forced to point people to 3rd party repos for browser plugins that IMHO really ought to be part of the core. http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=3574 Phil
