On 7/16/12 11:53 PM, Kay Schenk wrote: > Re this thread: http://markmail.org/message/uzs5bu3r5oby2fza > > I did indeed remove the download link to Java entirely. > > Why? Well there are at least 2 versions of Java which may be of interest to > our user base -- > Oracle Java. and OpenJDK. > > Given the discussion in the thread referenced above, our other page with > information on java, > > http://www.openoffice.org/download/common/java.html > > does need some changes. > > Linux > As far as I know, there appear to be NO issues with either Oracle Java 7 or > OpenJDK with Linux 32 bit. I can't find much on our lists about Linux 64 > bit and/or java 7 64 bit. > > Windows > OK, some reports about problems with 64 bit Oracle Java and AOO 3.4. After > reviewing the bug reports, the jury is still out on if this is the fault of > an extension or not. So, we should make folsk aware that there MAY be > problems with 64 bit Windows and 64 bit Java 7. Oddly, the same problems > don't seem to surface with the 32 bit Java 7 under Windows. > > Mac OS X > Currently, Apple is still/only distributing java 1.6, so no red flags here > that I could fine. > OpenJDK 7 is also available for Mac OS X. I can't find any reporting from > users who might have this combination. > At any rate, no reported issues with Mac and Oracle java 1.6 except for > initial setup issues -- can't find the JRE. > > So, I propose we make changes to: > > http://www.openoffice.org/download/common/java.html > > specifically mentioning the Win 64 bit with Oracle 7 Java 64 bit problems. > > Additionally, we could supply links to both the Oracle Java site -- > http://java.com/en/download/index.jsp > and the OpenJDK site -- http://openjdk.java.net/ > > Unless there are any objections, I could go ahead and make these changes by > the end of this week, Friday. >
I agree in general to you and thanks for summarizing this topic. I have only one point to add, why should we mention potential problems that we can't reproduce? In this case I would not mention it, it would be different if we couldn't fix the problem. But we simply can't reproduce it. Juergen
