Hi, Andrea Wiggins wrote: > It's also pretty unrealistic to expect any kind of "average" user to > know that they should ignore warnings from their OS to update > versions. I only knew it was the Java update to blame because it has > happened before, and specifically with Taverna. This kind of issue is > particularly problematic for anyone whose computing tools are > maintained by an information systems department - they are > well-meaning, but tantamount to gremlins that come through and > "improve" (sabotage) your computer while you are not looking. > Especially anything to do with security. Nothing gets those gremlins > meddling quicker than the word "security." By all means when an update comes out, install it. I think what Stian was getting at is that they can't really do much if Apple decides to completely break the java vm. I think it Should Just Work(TM) if you switch your default VM to java SE 6 though.
Note that the security vulnerability this update fixed was extremely critical. From what I've read, even executing a malicious applet on a website is game-over in this case, so it's not like there isn't a good reason to update. In a perfect world Apple would run security updates separate to major functionality changes but it appears they don't. regards, Wim ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ taverna-users mailing list [email protected] [email protected] Web site: http://www.taverna.org.uk Mailing lists: http://www.taverna.org.uk/taverna-mailing-lists/
