Hi,

I've just realized that DSpace tries to be helpful and print the Java 
JDK vendor in the control panel, but gets it utterly wrong and is 
ultimately misleading.  For example:

    Java Runtime Environment Vendor:    Oracle Corporation

But in reality, we're using OpenJDK:

    [aorth@dspace: ~]$ java -version
    java version "1.7.0_21"
    OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea 2.3.9)
    (7u21-2.3.9-0ubuntu0.12.04.1)
    OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 23.7-b01, mixed mode)

I guess DSpace is using the wrong string to determine the vendor, ie:

    java.vendor=Oracle Corporation

When it should probably be using:

    java.vm.name=OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM

We were recently working with a vendor (@mire!) and we told them to test 
their addons with Oracle JDK, as it appeared that's what we were using.  
I think it's more relevant to report the implementation vendor, not the 
specification vendor here.

If I make an issue on Jira and a GitHub commit, would people appreciate 
that?

Cheers,

-- 
Alan Orth
alan.o...@gmail.com
http://alaninkenya.org
http://mjanja.co.ke
"I have always wished for my computer to be as easy to use as my telephone; my 
wish has come true because I can no longer figure out how to use my telephone." 
-Bjarne Stroustrup, inventor of C++


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