[fedora-java] Release Notes

[Gary Benson]

Anthony Green wrote:
> The current "Java" content for the release notes (from FC4) are
> pretty slim.  I'll quote them below with my comments and
> questions...
> 
> > Fedora Core 4 users are advised not to use the Java RPM provided
> > by Sun. It contains Provides that conflict with names used in
> > packages provided as part of Fedora Core 4. Because of this, Sun
> > Java might disappear from an installed system during package
> > upgrade operations.
> 
> I assume this is still true.  Does anybody have a pointer to the 
> details?

I'd drop the "Because of this..." bit, since there are many other bad
things that would be tedious to list.

> > Fedora Core 4 users should use either the RPM available from
> > http://www.jpackage.org/, or manually install the Sun Java tarball
> > into `/opt/`.
> 
> I think we should discourage the /opt solution, since it doesn't
> integrate with out alternatives-based solution.

I wouldn't mention it at all.

> Also, I thought there were problems with using the binary RPM from
> JPackage, and users _have_ to rebuild from the SRPM.  Does anybody
> know about this?

Users have to fetch the proprietary code themselves, since JPackage
can't distribute it.

> > Sun Java 1.5+ is recommended for stability purposes. 
> 
> Is this really true?  What about IBM or BEA?  Should we even be
> making specific recommendations here?  Perhaps this is best avoided.

We shouldn't be recommending proprietary stuff IMO.

Cheers,
Gary