-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Mark,
On 7/24/12 12:14 PM, Mark Thomas wrote: > On 24/07/2012 16:11, Christopher Schultz wrote: >> All, > >> The Tomcat documentation says somewhat tangentially that Tomcat >> requires a JDK (instead of a JRE). I believe this has not been >> true for quite some time. > >> Check the very first "requirement" for installation on these >> pages: > >> http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-6.0-doc/appdev/installation.html >> >> http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-7.0-doc/appdev/installation.html > >> Is there any reason not to change "JDK" to "JRE" (and probably >> mention that a JDK in fact contains a JRE)? > > Yes. That is the application development section for which a JDK > is required. Surely a (simple) web application can be developed without a JDK, right? If you work entirely in JSP (a nightmare scenario IMO), then you don't need a JDK. I'm asking because these pages (specifically) have been used to justify the rumor that Tomcat requires (or even prefers) the JDK to the JRE. Honestly, when I read it, I was surprised to see that it said JDK even though that page is, as you say, just for application development. It's obvious to me that, though the page mentions CVS, it is certainly not required to develop (nor deploy) web applications for use on Tomcat. The same can be said for JDK versus JRE. Do you think there would be any objections to clarifying this point on that page? I'd be happy to provide a documentation patch. - -chris -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.17 (Darwin) Comment: GPGTools - http://gpgtools.org Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAlAO6xAACgkQ9CaO5/Lv0PAZsgCgl9YfIqdJu7NxgIrbmLkli74b LuoAn21yQPP95NwzKWeTp60R8P5U48Zv =KD3J -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
