Java Solution
Karl Larsen
k5di at zianet.com
Fri Jan 4 01:35:38 UTC 2008
Dennis Gilmore wrote:
> On Thursday 03 January 2008 09:21:32 am Karl Larsen wrote:
>
>> Here is what Fedora leaders need to do to end the java problems on
>> Fedora. Here are things that need to happen.
>>
>> 1. Contact Sun Inc. and make sure they continue to package the free
>> package: "jre-6u3-linux-i586-rpm.bin" and any new improvements in the
>> future. We need to have Fedora docs that explain how to unpack this odd
>> file. It might be part of the install instructions.
>>
> Fedora will not ever accept a propietory piece of software so suns java will
> never be acceptable. I had jedit working in under 5 minutes using Iced Tea.
> without doing anything special.
>
>
>> 2. Next the small wimpy java 1.51 which is of no use to a serious java
>> user should not be made available to the user.Instead there should be
>> dummy /usr/java/default/bin/java file which will print out "Java not
>> installed" if you press java in a Terminal. There needs to be a link
>> between /etc/alternatives/java to /usr/java/default/bin/java.
>>
> this is seriously dumb we have iced tea now which is Java 7 in an
> entirelly free form.
>
>
> I suggest that you spend more time reading and learning what you are doing
> than ranting about things which you clearly are not knowledgeable on
>
> Dennis
>
>
Dennis your another person who says I know nothing about java. Your
full of self love Dennis. I know more from one day of study than you
will ever know.
Karl
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