On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 2:43 PM, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > The almost-java versions included in fedora don't run most real-world java > code. If we're talking about Fedora 8, yes, there are issues because the the OpenJDK we ship is a snapshot of JDK 7. We might consider shipping an update which doesn't replace java-1.7.0-icedtea, but that people can switch to with update-alternatives. But for Fedora 9, I don't think one can say "most" things won't run with java-1.6.0-openjdk. > And it is much more difficult than necessary to install a real java > version. Just including a jpackage nosrc-style package to adjust Sun Java > to fedora's peculiar needs would eliminate this complaint, although I really > think it would have been better to stay compatible with jpackage.org and > avoid any extra work. Basically, Fedora is a lot more interested in improving our free stack. It's been well known for years how to install the proprietary JDK; yes, jpackage makes it a lot nicer for those people aware of the system, but I think we should leave it up to jpackage rather than putting it into Fedora. -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
