[CentOS-docs] HowTos/JavaOnCentOS Wiki page revision?
Milos Blazevic
milos.blazevic at sbb.rs
Fri Jan 14 13:16:48 EST 2011
Hi all,
in respect of the "recent" CentOS forum thread, (found here
https://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?viewmode=flat&topic_id=28126&forum=38)
I wrote a "Sun/Oracle Java Installation Manual for CentOS 5" - posted on
my Wiki Profile page, http://wiki.centos.org/MilosBlazevic?action=show
and would like update the Java Wiki page with this content.
Of course, for this to happen only after a thorough revision of the
manual by the community. All critics and suggestions are most welcome.
Now, regarding the current JavaOnCentOS Wiki page:
I'm fully aware of the "cry-outs" that the whole page needs a revision
and a maintainer, and I'm willing to contribute in the form of "Java
installation manual for desktop users", which is IMHO vaguely covered on
the Java Wiki, section 3.1 "Java for the desktop user". Now don't get me
wrong, although installing self-extracting .rpm is far from rocket
science, novice users usually find it disappointing to find out that
OpenJDK is still in use after they install a self-extracting .rpm
binary. And this often leads to forum threads like the mentioned one above.
Anyway, the proposed article is supposed to deal with this and a few
other minor matters (eg. a number of sun-javadb*.rpm files found in the
working directory after the installation). Of course, I'd also like to
discuss and possibly revise other parts of the current page, but sadly
most of it (namely "Java for the developer and the server environment")
apart from not being my field, is also more time consuming than I can
afford at the moment.
Looking forward to your comments.
--
*Kind regards,*
*Milos Blazevic*
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