I find this design decision very odd, exactly for the reasons you mentioned. Java 7 is, to my knowledge, far from universally supported. I would have waited for at least another release or two before phasing out Java 6.
On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 1:57 PM, Fernando Lozano <ferna...@lozano.eti.br>wrote: > Hi there, > > I was surprized that F17 uses OpenJDK7 by default but does not includes > OpenJDK6 packages also, like F16 did. > > If I have some app which cannot run on Java 7, what should I do? I know I > can download the proprietary JDK6 from Oracle, but I'd rather use OpenJDK. > > I tried installing OpenJDK6 packages from F16 but yum complains they are > obsoleted by OpenJDK7. I also tried downloading IcedTea6 sources and > compiling, but they stop with an "internal compiler error". > > Any hints? > > > []s, Fernando Lozano > > -- > users mailing list > users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.**org/mailman/listinfo/users<https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users> > Guidelines: > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/**Mailing_list_guidelines<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines> > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org > -- Best, Christopher Svanefalk
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