[fedora-java] Problem w/ setting Sun's JVM via (g)alternatives?

[Daniel B. Thurman]

On 08/27/2009 01:49 PM, Andrew Overholt wrote:
> * Mark Wielaard<mark at klomp.org>  [2009-08-27 16:36]:
>    
>> I am sure we want to fix any issues that prevent Eclipse's Ganemede from
>> working out of the box.
>>      
> Eclipse works just fine with OpenJDK.
>
> I've spoken with Dan offline and while I don't have confirmation, I
> suspect he was bitten by the fact that the XULRunner APIs changed
> post-Eclipse 3.4 (Ganymede) release so out of the box on Fedora 11,
> Eclipse 3.4 will crash when trying to render the welcome page (and other
> browser-using bits).
>
> In our Fedora packages of Eclipse 3.4.2, we carry a patch from upstream
> to work with the latest XULRunner APIs.  Eclipse 3.5 (aka Galileo) works
> with the latest XULRunner APIs so this is will no longer be necessary in
> Fedora 12.
>
> HTH,
>
> Andrew
>    

I read the bug report and it says that someone was able
to apply a patch and to get the XULRunner issue resolved.

Can I get the the fix now, at least so I can continue on or do
I need to wait for upstream to release the fix, sometime in
the future?

Thanks!
Dan