Java status for FC4?
Thomas Fitzsimmons
fitzsim at redhat.com
Thu Nov 11 21:19:02 UTC 2004
On Thu, 2004-11-11 at 13:26, Carwyn Edwards wrote:
> Thomas Fitzsimmons wrote:
>
> >On Thu, 2004-11-11 at 06:52, Avi Alkalay wrote:
> >
> >
> >>OK, so how can I have Java (not GCJ)
> >>
> >yum install java-1.4.2-gcj-compat-devel
> >
> >
> How realistic a replacement for the Sun/IBM/Blackdown/BEA JVMs is GCJ
> these days?
>
Many programs run as well or better than they run on non-free JVMs.
Most non-GUI programs should run fine. FC3 introduces experimental AWT
and Swing support, so simple AWT and Swing applications will run too.
> Can I pluck any Java app off the web and expect it to work? Say if it
> says it needs Java 1.4.2.
>
The FC3 packaging of gij and ecj (java-1.4.2-gcj-compat) should help out
a lot here. Try your apps out on our free software stack and let us
know if they don't work (report a bug). Because java-gcj-compat uses
jpackage conventions, you can easily switch between a jpackaged non-free
SDK and our free tools using alternatives(8).
Tom
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