OpenJDK java web start fails to open jnlp files version 1.5

[Oliver Ruebenacker]

On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 5:37 PM, <sam.sharpe+lists.redhat at gmail.com> wrote:
>>On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 5:16 PM, <sam.sharpe+lists.redhat at gmail.com>
>>wrote:
>>> Oliver Said:
>>>>On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 5:00 PM, Suvayu
>>>>Ali<fatkasuvayu+linux at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Oliver Ruebenacker wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     Hello,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  I am unable to start http://vcell.org/webstart/Rel/vcell.jnlp
>>>>>> from Firefox (although it works under MS Win) and when I try in
>>>>>> bash:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  javaws http://vcell.org/webstart/Rel/vcell.jnlp
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  I get:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  netx: Invalid XML document syntax
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  It seems to be this bug:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  https://bugs.launchpad.net/fedora/+source/openjdk-6/+bug/224800
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  When should we expect a fix? Thanks!
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I believe this is what you are experiencing,
>>>>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=494302
>>>
>>>>  Yes, sounds like the same bug, says it's fixed "upstream". So, how
>>>>long should we expect the river to take to flow down to us? Thanks!
>>>
>>> - What speed does the river flow?
>>> - How far downstream are we?
>>> - How long is a piece of string?
>>> - How many roads must a man walk down?
>>>
>>> (all these are unknown, apart from the last, where the answer my
>>> friend, is blowing in the wind)
>>>
>>> In all seriousness, why not update the Bugzilla and ask?
>>
>>  I thought bugzilla is for reporting, not for asking. If questions go
>>to bugzilla, what is left for this list?
>
> On bugzilla, someone owns that issue/package - so they can answer that
> question. On this list, no-one necessarily owns the problem and there is
> the possibility that no-one can answer authoritatively.
>
> (Disclaimer: I work in a support role and as far as I am concerned, from
> a customer perspective, someone has to own your issue otherwise there
> is no concept of accountability and I believe even in the OSS community
> that principle holds)

  Maybe some one who is not related to this bug, but knows better than
me what it means that "upstream has added support", could give an
estimate on how long it takes. I don't even know whether the assignees
are still concerned after "upstream has added support".


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Oliver Ruebenacker, Computational Cell Biologist
BioPAX Integration at Virtual Cell (http://vcell.org/biopax)
Center for Cell Analysis and Modeling
http://www.oliver.curiousworld.org