[Bug 223627] Review Request: system-switch-java - Java toolset switcher

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Summary: Review Request: system-switch-java - Java toolset switcher


https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=223627





------- Additional Comments From fitzsim at redhat.com  2007-01-24 10:51 EST -------
(In reply to comment #7)
> I know 'the more the merrier', but as this package is a frontend to alternatives
> (specific to java); I want to draw your attention to another pygtk frontend call
> galternatives (already in Extras). It works for all packages using
> /usr/sbin/alternatives and its more fine-grained. When i tried this package, it
> only shows one radio button with 'GCJ'  selected, so I figure it does all the
> other work in the background given multiple java implementations. However, with
> galternatives, there are many pieces (related to java) that can be selected
> alternatively, 'java', 'javac' 'jre_1.4.2', etc.

Yes, system-switch-java is intended to allow an administrator to easily select
the default Java toolset, which includes all relevant alternatives for the
selected Java vendor/version combination.  I'll recommend that administrators
wanting finer-grained control over these alternatives should use galternatives.


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