java on FC5?

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Sun, 9 Apr 2006, Boris Glawe wrote:

> > If it's one or two packages you want to use, try it now you might
> > be surprised, if you're after a general replacement, try back
> > later ...
> >
> You're right. But by running the native eclipse (downloaded from
> eclipse.org) without any problems, it proved to be very mature in
> the current state.

what do you mean "running the native eclipse (downloaded from
eclipse.org)".  as in, installing the gzipped tarball rather than
finding an RPM?  does that really make a difference in functionality?

rday