Hi, please excuse my unaccurate information.
2013/1/9 Michael T. Pope <mp...@computer.org> > On Wed, 9 Jan 2013 12:30:47 PM Uwe wrote: > > 2013/1/9 Michael T. Pope <mp...@computer.org> > > > > > - Java > > > > > > It is probably time to bump our minimum required Java version from 1.5 > > > to 1.6/6. 1.5 is quite dead, whereas 6 is only under threat of death. > > > > Ubuntu distributes OpenJava instead of Oracle Java, so a lot of people > use > > that knowingly or not. > > Are you sure you do not mean OpenJDK? Googling "Ubuntu OpenJava" triggers > the > "Including results for Ubuntu openjdk" alert, the top result is the "Java - > Community Ubuntu Documentation" page (last edit 20130107) which has no > mention > of OpenJava but discusses OpenJDK first, and specifically mentions > packages for > openjdk-6 and openjdk-7. The first mention of "OpenJava" is for an > unrelated > source code analysis tool. > you're right, I meant OpenJDK. As I just found out, OpenJDK and the so-called "Sun Java" both are published by Oracle. Wikipedia says, "OpenJDK 6 is based on JDK 7", so there do not seem to be any problems at all. > If so, then Ubuntu is not a concern, as they clearly support Java 6 (alias > 1.6), and have abandoned 1.5, like most other linux distributions I am > aware > of, and as I now propose FreeCol should do. > > > Switching to Oracle Java is not quick and easy. > > You are the first to mention Oracle Java. Perhaps you can explain why it > is > relevant? > Oracle Java = "Sun Java" It is relevant because of performance issues of OpenJDK. Depending on the machine it is running on, OpenJDK can be much slower than Sun Java. But basically, I hadn't enough insight when I posted. Cheers, Uwe
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