* Fernando Lozano <ferna...@lozano.eti.br> [2012-05-31 09:26]: > Hi Andrew, > > >>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. > >We did think about it, but OpenJDK 6 is going to be EOL'd this year, with > >a complete cessation of updates. > > > >Andrew. > > I can understand you wish to compile everything using OpenJDK7, but > why don't keep OpenJDK6 on the repos as an option, just like you did > with java-1.5.0-gcj ? > > Can I --force installing OpenJDK6 packages from F16 on F17? Won't > this mess up with OpenJDK7? >
Hi Fernando, No, that should not mess anything up. However subsequent yum updates may try to remove 6 again and you will probably have to re-install. java-1.6.0-openjdk and java-1.7.0-openjdk can co-exist side by side happily -- you can even use alternatives to switch the default if you really want to. We just cannot ship 6 in F17 because it will EOL well before F17 does and we cannot ship a known insecure version. Cheers, Deepak > > []s, Fernando Lozano > > -- > users mailing list > users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
