The goal of the JRE is, as the name Java Runtime Environment says, that it should be sufficient to run Java functionality. In all discussions I miss why LO needs more then the runtime environment... We should work to bring LO in the boundary of of the JRE.
Rob. On 12 feb. 2016, at 14:09, Alexander Thurgood wrote: > Le 12/02/2016 13:36, Stephan Bergmann a écrit : > >> >> The fix for <https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94716> >> "FILEOPEN: LibO terminates when loading Oracle's Java on OS X 10.10 and >> 10.11," replacing the need to install Apple's Java 6 in addition to an >> Oracle JRE or JDK with the requirement to install an Oracle JDK, not a >> JRE. I'm not sure we did ourselves a favour with that change... >> > > That's the one. > > Most people rarely download a JDK when a JRE is largely sufficient for > almost everything they might need to launch a Java application, > especially as the JRE updates can be configured to be automatic, whereas > the JDK can not. A user must be aware by looking up for themselves that > there is a newer version of the JDK available (this doens't even happen > on Windows to my knowledge). The change made in that bug report means > that users have to choose between either foregoing Java functionality in > LibreOffice and receiving annoying nag messages that no Java is > installed, or else download and install a larger JDK (in comparison to > just the JRE) that they then have to manually update from time to time. > > > > Alex > > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
