* Fernando Lozano <fernando(a)lozano.eti.br> [2012-05-31 09:26]:
Hi Andrew,
>>I find this design decision very odd, exactly for the reasons you
>>mentioned. Java 7 is, to my knowledge, far from universally supported. I
>>would have waited for at least another release or two before phasing out
>>Java 6.
>We did think about it, but OpenJDK 6 is going to be EOL'd this year, with
>a complete cessation of updates.
>
>Andrew.
I can understand you wish to compile everything using OpenJDK7, but
why don't keep OpenJDK6 on the repos as an option, just like you did
with java-1.5.0-gcj ?
Can I --force installing OpenJDK6 packages from F16 on F17? Won't
this mess up with OpenJDK7?
Hi Fernando,
No, that should not mess anything up. However subsequent yum updates may
try to remove 6 again and you will probably have to re-install.
java-1.6.0-openjdk and java-1.7.0-openjdk can co-exist side by side
happily -- you can even use alternatives to switch the default if you
really want to.
We just cannot ship 6 in F17 because it will EOL well before F17 does
and we cannot ship a known insecure version.
Cheers,
Deepak
[]s, Fernando Lozano
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