SS, Sunburned Surveyor schrieb: > [...] > Sascha wrote: "The original JUMP uses still 1.4 IIRC and > I would tend to say this a wise idea if you want > to reach customers which are not willing to install > a newer JVM (for a number of serious reasons)." > > What reasons would there be for avoiding the installation of a new JRE?
Risk minimization e.g. Ever thought about the fact that *JUMP may not be the only running Java app on your machine? What if the other one is your business and/or mission critical app? What if this app works fine with 1.4 and has known quirks with 1.5? [1] What if *JUMP and this are coupled in some way? (Gulp!) I bet in such a situation you wouldn't dare to install a new JVM! > P.S. - I believe UDig and some others actually install a JRE with > their program. Not that I am a big fan of that idea. This has to do with the reason i stated above. With a given version that you have tested you can ensure certain things. Nonetheless it's bad practice... - Sascha [1] Browse a bit at http://bugs.sun.com to see what I mean. ;-) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Jump-pilot-devel mailing list Jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jump-pilot-devel
