[fedora-java] Re: FC5 release notes for java

[Weiqi Gao]

On 1/31/06, Ian Pilcher <i.pilcher at comcast.net> wrote:
> Chris Hubick wrote:
> > "Please note that despite utilizing the JPackage installation
> > guidelines, several of the Java application software packages shipped
> > with Fedora have been slightly modified from those provided by JPackage,
> > in order to work out of the box with the included compiler and runtime
> > environment.  Additionally, the Fedora packages also include
> > pre-compiled fast and optimized native binary code alongside the
> > original Java bytecode JAR files.  As a result, if you modify your Yum
> > configuration and update to packages shipped directly through the
> > JPackage Yum repository, you will end up with an unpredictable mix of
> > bytecode and binary software.  Users wishing to maintain a supported
> > environment, by using the Free Java tools shipped with Fedora, are thus
> > advised to only update their systems with Java packages provided through
> > the Fedora and Fedora Extras Yum repositories, and not directly through
> > JPackage unless they plan to switch to a proprietary Java runtime.  The
> > Fedora provided application software packages should continue to work
> > with other Java Runtime Environments which follow JPackage guidelines,
> > but as stated above, there is a good chance unmodified JPackage
> > applications will not work with the default Runtime Environment shipped
> > with Fedora."
>
> Amen!

Has anyone noticed the implicit contradiction between "you should use
the JDK from the JPackage repo" and "you should not use the JPackage
repo"?

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