> While we are on the subject, is there a way to make the Java updater just >update automatically like my web browser?
I assume you are asking about Windows? Doesn't the JRE updater that sits in the status bar automatically update? On Linux the JDK/JRE is just another package, you update it in any automated fashion you use on Linux. --emi ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On 7 March 2018 11:52 PM, Derik Devecchio <ddevecc...@celestron.com> wrote: > This is possibly off topic. > > Does anyone on this list know howJava.com and the JRE update program will > treat the 6 month development cycle planned for Java 10+? > > Currently neither of these tools is pushing Java 9 to end users yet, and Java > 10 will be here soon! > > I bring this up because, historically, I couldn’t release code for any > version of Java that wasn’t “public”. So for example I couldn’t release > code, or even seriously write code, for Java 8 until long after it had been > officially released. I have to believe that many other corporate developers > have a similar restriction. > > While we are on the subject, is there a way to make the Java updater just > update automatically like my web browser? I maintain 5 computers (some of > the virtual) and I am constantly updating the JRE. It is just getting kind > of annoying. One of the product managers here complained that he didn’t > like having to do it every 3 months on just ONE computer. Maybe autoupdates > would be bad for some corporate environments, but it would be good for me > personally. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@netbeans.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@netbeans.apache.org For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists