Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2009 11:01:25 +0900 (JST) From: Maho NAKATA <chat95@mac.com> To: brian@experts-exchange.com Cc: lists@intricatesoftware.com, kurt@intricatesoftware.com, daichi@ongs.co.jp, leafy7382@gmail.com, freebsd-java@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The OpenJDK6 port should remove the WEB option to avoid confusion Message-ID: <20090309.110125.52170921.chat95@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <49ADA970.8040709@experts-exchange.com> References: <200902251003.14760.lists@intricatesoftware.com> <20090303.165402.179924432.chat95@mac.com> <49ADA970.8040709@experts-exchange.com>
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----Security_Multipart(Mon_Mar__9_11_01_25_2009_347)-- Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Kurt Miller and Brian Gardner I just removed WEB option. Please check it. Thank you. From: Brian Gardner <brian@experts-exchange.com> Subject: Re: The OpenJDK6 port should remove the WEB option to avoid confusion Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2009 14:04:32 -0800 > Let's remove the option for now. Perhaps we can port the icedtea > plugin and webstart at a later date and re-introduce it. > > Brian > > Maho NAKATA wrote: >> Hello Brian, >> >> What do you think? >> >> From: Kurt Miller <lists@intricatesoftware.com> >> Subject: Re: OpenJDK6 and NetBeans: Who can use non-English fonts on >> NetBeans? >> Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 10:03:14 -0500 >> >> >>> OpenJDK (6 or 7) doesn't yet come with a plugin or webstart. It is not >>> clear if Sun will ever release them under GPL. The last semi-offical >>> statement is here: >>> >>> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/discuss/2008-September/001283.html >>> >>> The OpenJDK6 port should remove the WEB option to avoid confusion. >>> >>> I believe that the lack of the plugin will prevent OpenJDK6 from >>> building OpenOffice. :( Perhaps the approach Fedora took might work >>> for a plugin replacement. See 16.3 for a description: >>> >>> http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes/f9/en_US/sn-Java.html >>> >>> It mentions the lack of support for LiveConnect. If I'm not mistaken >>> that is need for the plugin to work in Firefox (memory rusty on this >>> one). However it may be good enough to allow OpenJDK6 to build >>> OpenOffice. >>> >> >> -- Nakata Maho http://accc.riken.jp/maho/ , http://ja.openoffice.org/ >> Nakata Maho's PGP public keys: http://accc.riken.jp/maho/maho.pgp.txt >> > ----Security_Multipart(Mon_Mar__9_11_01_25_2009_347)-- Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.10 (FreeBSD) iEYEABECAAYFAkm0eHYACgkQpcQqaPiEzflubQCcCW0ghH56EuxWqvcJEDiTiJqB M5IAnjp9j+FzQ5u59n7I6Kdw3qiWKt/K =k4iH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ----Security_Multipart(Mon_Mar__9_11_01_25_2009_347)----
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