[fedora-java] Re: Re: jpackage.org and FC4

[Gary Benson]

Robin Green wrote:
> On Tue, 26 Jul 2005 17:54:24 +0200, Nicolas Mailhot wrote:
> > > So I can install Sun's JDK via JPackage, develop a web
> > > application, and be sure that it will run on Fedora's Tomcat?
> > 
> > So you can develop and package an app, and (provided you've
> > followed the rules) people can change the implementation of your
> > all your app dependencies without needing to change your package.
> 
> Actually, no. Fedora's tomcat packages contain a native and a
> non-native version. The native version only works with libgcj, which
> is not 100% compatible with Sun's Java. That's an important caveat,
> I think.

That's not true at all.  All Java packages in Fedora should behave the
same whatever JVM you're using.  If they don't then you've found a bug
that needs fixing.

Cheers,
Gary