Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 04:47:32 +0200 From: Sander Vesik <sander.vesik@gmail.com> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: Iang <iang@iang.org> Subject: Re: linux-sun-jdk12 unfetchable Message-ID: <dcb2c27a04120918474daec887@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20041210024131.GA70630@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <20041209223454.GA5460@xor.obsecurity.org> <20041209224004.GA5608@xor.obsecurity.org> <1789.82.70.142.134.1102645422.squirrel@82.70.142.134> <20041210024131.GA70630@xor.obsecurity.org>
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On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 18:41:31 -0800, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> wrote: > On Thu, Dec 09, 2004 at 09:23:42PM -0500, Iang wrote: > > > > > > >> http://java.sun.com/webapps/download/Display?BundleId=9153 > > >> > > >> no longer works. Is this product still fetchable? > > >> > > >> Kris > > > > > > Same with j2sdkee13 and > > > > > > http://java.sun.com/webapps/download/Display?BundleId=9405 > > > > > > Sun has a very aggressive support calendar. From > > memory, once a release has been out for 6 months, > > the previous release is given a 6 month window, and > > after that it disappears from the site. They actually > > delete all the downloads. So, in effect, there is > > only a 12 month window to upgrade to the current > > release, before you get into all sorts of hot water. > > > > So I'd not be surprised if 1.3 was already gone, > > and also 1.4.1 is probably close to expiry as well; > > with the clock ticking on 1.4.2 as well. > > 1.3 is still fetchable, at least for now. > > If 1.2 is not available any more, we should delete the port (and > anything that still depends on it) since it cannot be fetched from > anywhere else. 1.2.2 (more precicely 1.2.2_017) is definitiely still availlable. Its just available from a different location - http://java.sun.com/products/archive/j2se/1.2.2_017/ as it is rather old and has been archived. A *LOT* of different java versions is available from the archive master page at http://java.sun.com/products/archive/index.html The description of the EOL policy is here - http://java.sun.com/products/archive/eol.policy.html > > Kris >
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