[CentOS-docs] Proposal: Java HowTo Section
Phil Schaffner
Philip.R.Schaffner at NASA.gov
Thu Apr 30 12:59:28 UTC 2009
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
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