Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug report. Summary: Review Request: java-1.6.0-icedtea - The IcedTea 1.6.0 runtime environment. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=433070 ------- Additional Comments From mwielaard@xxxxxxxxxx 2008-02-16 06:13 EST ------- (In reply to comment #1) > Is there a reason we're going to be shipping two versions? >From the java-1.7.0-icedtea README: Java compatibility ------------------ IcedTea is derived from OpenJDK, Sun's open-source implementation of the Java SE platform. At this time the build from which IcedTea was constructed corresponds to an early build of JDK 7. When JDK 7 is complete it will implement the Java SE 7 Platform Specification. Work on that specification is underway, but far from final. Any APIs in the JDK 7 implementation, whether new or old, are therefore subject to minor adjustments, major revisions, or even outright removal between now and the time that the Java SE 7 Platform Specification is finalized. Please take these facts into account before depending upon IcedTea. java-1.6.0-icedtea will be the "stable" version that is as close as possible to standard 1.6 compatibility as possible. --- >From a compatibility point of view the 1.6.0 version should be shipped as default. The reason IcedTea started with 1.7.0 was because that was the code that was available. Getting it liberated completely and bootstrapping with the free gnu java toolchain was priority one. Now that that work is stabilizing and the new work done upstream on openjdk6, we can concentrate on this more standards compatible version. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is. _______________________________________________ Fedora-package-review mailing list Fedora-package-review@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-package-review