Hi *, On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 4:12 PM, Marcus Lange <[email protected]> wrote: > Kay Schenk wrote: > >> * why do we *by default* include a JRE? I still would argue this is NOT >> a good idea or necessary for the most part > > I was told that the installer needs Java to work, at least on Unix.
That's a stupid answer. If you need java to install, but java is part of the install, then you got the chicken-egg problem. You need another installer that installs the included jre first, and then launch a java based installer. This is stupid. I cannot find another word for it. Besides installing debs or rpms using a java installer is a stupid thing to do anyway. Doesn't make it any better that at least the rpms of a java from java.com are a nightmare packaging wise. They abuse the packaging system. Any distribution out there has Sun-Java in their repositories, openjdk as well. ciao Christian --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
