Re: [PROPOSAL] more clarification on Java -- changes to

2012-08-05 Thread Kay Schenk
On Sat, Aug 4, 2012 at 3:14 PM, Andreas Säger wrote: > Am 04.08.2012 18:14, Andreas Säger wrote: > >> Am 16.07.2012 23:53, Kay Schenk wrote: >> >>> Re this thread: >>> http://markmail.org/message/**uzs5bu3r5oby2fza >>> >>> I did indeed remove the dow

Re: [PROPOSAL] more clarification on Java -- changes to

2012-08-04 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 04.08.2012 18:14, Andreas Säger wrote: Am 16.07.2012 23:53, 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 -- Ora

Re: [PROPOSAL] more clarification on Java -- changes to

2012-08-04 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Sat, Aug 4, 2012 at 1:56 PM, Fernando Cassia wrote: > So we look if java executable can > be installed, Sorry, I meant "we look if a java executable can be executed". FC

Re: [PROPOSAL] more clarification on Java -- changes to

2012-08-04 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 6:53 PM, Kay Schenk wrote: > At any rate, no reported issues with Mac and Oracle java 1.6 except for > initial setup issues -- can't find the JRE. Then one would think that the code that looks if a JRE is installed needs some work, no?. I mean, how difficult could it be t

Re: [PROPOSAL] more clarification on Java -- changes to

2012-08-04 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 16.07.2012 23:53, 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 discussio

Re: [PROPOSAL] more clarification on Java -- changes to

2012-08-04 Thread Andrea Pescetti
On 17/07/2012 Larry Gusaas wrote: On 2012-07-17 1:15 AM Jürgen Schmidt wrote: 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 differen

Re: [PROPOSAL] more clarification on Java -- changes to

2012-07-17 Thread Dave Fisher
On Jul 17, 2012, at 12:15 AM, Jürgen Schmidt wrote: > 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 intere

Re: [PROPOSAL] more clarification on Java -- changes to

2012-07-17 Thread Rob Weir
On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 11:55 AM, Kay Schenk wrote: > On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 12:26 AM, Larry Gusaas wrote: > >> On 2012-07-17 1:15 AM Jürgen Schmidt wrote: >> >>> I agree in general to you and thanks for summarizing this topic. I have >>> only one point to add, why should we mention potential pro

Re: [PROPOSAL] more clarification on Java -- changes to

2012-07-17 Thread Kay Schenk
On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 12:26 AM, Larry Gusaas wrote: > On 2012-07-17 1:15 AM Jürgen Schmidt wrote: > >> 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 m

Re: [PROPOSAL] more clarification on Java -- changes to

2012-07-17 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2012-07-17 1:15 AM Jürgen Schmidt wrote: 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. B

Re: [PROPOSAL] more clarification on Java -- changes to

2012-07-17 Thread Jürgen Schmidt
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. > > Giv

[PROPOSAL] more clarification on Java -- changes to

2012-07-16 Thread Kay Schenk
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 oth