Problem with jython installer

[Doug]

On 10/19/2012 09:23 PM, Dick Dowdell wrote:
> Apparently, I'm going to have to spend tomorrow reconstructing my 
> Oracle Java 7 environment.  I'm a software developer and have a need 
> to re-familiarize myself with Python.  I'm running 12.04 LTS and 
> Oracle Java 7 (at least until today).  I made the mistake of 
> installing the Ubuntu Jython package which merrily installed OpenJDK 6 
> and updated all the Java alternatives to point to it.
>
> My question is: "What kind of amateur would write an install script 
> that overwrites a Java installation, with a less advanced version, 
> without even requesting user confirmation?"  Yes, I know the Java 7 
> files are still there.  I'm still going to have to spend too much time 
> setting everything back to Java 7 so I can continue to earn my living. 
>  Way too Mickey Mouse!
>
> Does anyone have any better solutions?
>
> Thanks,
> Dick Dowdell
>
>
No better solution, per se, but you should probably take into account 
that Ubuntu is (apparently) aiming to be Linux's answer to Apple or
to some extent Microsoft: take away all opportunity for the user to 
select what *he* wants, and Nanny him all the way.
It is an interesting situation--on the one hand, Ubuntu has the best 
documentation I have seen for any Linux distro, but on the other
hand, they really want to be the Apple of the Linux world.  Strange!

--Just my 2¢--doug

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