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Subject: Re: Which JDK to go with?
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Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven wrote:
> At the moment I am running 6-STABLE and need to deploy a JDK for use 
> with DSpace. I am going to need to run Apache with Tomcat, which in turn 
> will be running DSpace.
> 
> Now the situation has become a bit unclear which JDK to go with. The 
> http://www.freebsd.org/java/ page doesn't help much since it is outdated 
> nowadays.
> 
> How much problems might I run into with the Diablo Caffe/JDK on 6-STABLE?
> 
> Would just going with java/jdk15 be the better choice?
> 
> Any hints welcome. :)


I think it would be fair to say that the only reasons to prefer jdk15 
over diablo now, are if you have an amd64 system or you have hit a new 
regression/bug with diablo that does not seem to exist on jdk15.

Cheers,

Panagiotis