Christopher Schultz <ch...@christopherschultz.net> wrote: >-----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
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