The times have changed. Users mainly compute via their mobile gadget or via a web browser.
Due to increased security requirements side-installing an app on the actual desktop OS is much more demanding. The are appstores which have even more rules (and associated fees). In a way most desktop apps are automatically into the "workstation" territory. Not hobby market. Java is no longer expected to be available but has to come bundled with the native installer. --emi mar., 17 sept. 2019, 13:06 Judi Rastall <j...@rastall.com> a scris: > I have been following this thread with interest as I am building a > project for distribution into the hobby market. I am a hobbyist and I am > having to learn Java along the way but that's another story. > > I thought the whole point of Java is that it is cross-platform and that > each user would install the JRE appropriate to their platform's OS. > Attempting to bundle a JRE with the distribution has to be platform > specific which defeats the object? I was under the impression that, if > you tried to launch the jar file and it could not find a JRE, it would > prompt to download. > > Judi R > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@netbeans.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@netbeans.apache.org > > For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists > >
