Breezy Java howtos

[Matt Galvin]

On 8/7/05, Corey Burger <corey.burger at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey all,
> 
> As we approach the breezy release date, we need to consider the effect
> of breezy's free java and Sun's evil non-free stuff.
> 
> Thankfully, Fedora Core has already dealt with this, so we can crib from them
> 
> Their release notes say - http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/release-notes/fc4/
> "6.1.8. Java Package Recommendations
> 
> Fedora Core 4 users are advised not to use the Java RPM provided by
> Sun. It contains Provides that conflict with names used in packages
> provided as part of Fedora Core 4. Because of this, Sun Java might
> disappear from an installed system during package upgrade operations.
> 
> Fedora Core 4 users should use either the RPM from jpackage.org or
> manually install the Sun Java tarball into /opt. Sun Java 1.5+ is
> recommended for stability purposes. "
> 
> There are some good notes here:
> http://stanton-finley.net/fedora_core_4_installation_notes.html#Java
> http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mjm-fedora-fc4.shtml#java
> 
> Basically we need to boil those down and then figure out what works
> and what we promote as Ubuntu Best Practices.
> 
> Corey

I discussed this with Rob and the guys on -java a few weeks back. I am
already working on it :)

I never sent an email to list about it though. Thanks for making it
more widely known.

I am currently working out the details for all 3 supported platforms.
Its funny you should mention it today as I started patching the
faqguide and will submit the finial working java section very soon
(see my earlier commits).

Matt