Hi Ricky, The OpenJDK is the RI for Java as of Java 7. However, OpenJDK binaries are *not* built and supported by Oracle officially, they package their own binaries (which a majority of the world uses). Other downstream OpenJDK packagers such as RedHat and Debian build OpenJDK binaries (e.g. IcedTea) and I believe provide some nominal support.
Code-wise the two are very, very similar, Oracle only has a couple of proprietary pieces on top of the OpenJDK. They generally put bug fixes into the OpenJDK first, which then goes into the next update release of their binary (e.g. 7u4), however sometimes this is reversed (in the case of security bugs especially I think). If you're experiencing a bug with using Netbeans and the OpenJDK then please to report it to bugs DB and/or the appropriate OpenJDK mailing list, the two should play nicely together. For those looking to get into the OpenJDK (especially now that it's the RI), see our new Adopt OpenJDK program: http://java.net/projects/jugs/pages/AdoptOpenJDK Cheers, Martijn On 6 May 2012 23:54, Ricky Clarkson <ricky.clark...@gmail.com> wrote: > I guess I'm a bit hazy on the distinction between the Oracle JDK and the > OpenJDK as of version 7. I thought that was the version in which they were > supposed to merge now that the old binary plugs had been rewritten. > Wikipedia seems to alternate between treating them as separate and > identical. > > Oracle still seems to handle OpenJDK, but they accept code contributions > from the community. > > On Sun, May 6, 2012 at 6:08 PM, fabrizio.giud...@tidalwave.it > <fabrizio.giud...@tidalwave.it> wrote: >> >> > I suppose you couldn't really expect Oracle to test Java 7 against >> > Netbeans before release. I mean, that would probably involve inter-hand >> > communication possibly involving lawyers and a table reorg. >> >> I don't understand that statement. NetBeans 7.1.2 seems to be fine with >> Oracle JDK 7u4 on Mac OS X. The problems are with OpenJDK, which is not >> handled by Oracle, but by the community, and there has not been an official >> release of it yet. >> >> -- >> Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect, Project Manager >> Tidalwave s.a.s. - "We make Java work. Everywhere." >> java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici - www.tidalwave.it/people >> fabrizio.giud...@tidalwave.it >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "The Java Posse" group. >> To post to this group, send email to javaposse@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to javaposse@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javaposse@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
