[Bug 433070] Review Request: java-1.6.0-icedtea - The IcedTea 1.6.0 runtime environment.

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Summary: Review Request: java-1.6.0-icedtea - The IcedTea 1.6.0 runtime environment.


https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=433070





------- Additional Comments From mwielaard at redhat.com  2008-02-16 06:13 EST -------
(In reply to comment #1)
> Is there a reason we're going to be shipping two versions?

>From the java-1.7.0-icedtea README:

Java compatibility
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IcedTea is derived from OpenJDK, Sun's open-source implementation of
the Java SE platform.  At this time the build from which IcedTea was
constructed corresponds to an early build of JDK 7.  When JDK 7
is complete it will implement the Java SE 7 Platform Specification.
Work on that specification is underway, but far from final.  Any APIs
in the JDK 7 implementation, whether new or old, are therefore subject
to minor adjustments, major revisions, or even outright removal
between now and the time that the Java SE 7 Platform Specification is
finalized.  Please take these facts into account before depending upon
IcedTea.

java-1.6.0-icedtea will be the "stable" version that is as close as possible to
standard 1.6 compatibility as possible.

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>From a compatibility point of view the 1.6.0 version should be shipped as
default. The reason IcedTea started with 1.7.0 was because that was the code
that was available. Getting it liberated completely and bootstrapping with the
free gnu java toolchain was priority one. Now that that work is stabilizing and
the new work done upstream on openjdk6, we can concentrate on this more
standards compatible version.

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