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------- Additional comments from [email protected] Mon May 11 22:12:49 
+0000 2009 -------
This is a potentially huge issue on multi-user Unix machines. In our Enterprise
we have a great many mountpoints under /java since it is an automount map which
has existed for many years and like many such enterprise databases is not
particularly well maintained as admins come and go. Consequently it can take up
to *30 minutes* on first startup for OpenOffice due to searching that point and
encountering stale/obsolete references.

For a given server with many users, the "right" JRE is in the same place for
everyone. So an admin ought to be able to configure a path, thus averting the
need for users to do so.

Since this is a chooser anyway, why not first prompt the user/admin and allow
them optionally to specify a path to the desired JRE, or allow a "browse fs"
selection? The current "search everywhere to provide a set of selectable
alternatives" algorithm should be another option, rather than the only one.

I'm not sure how to change the priority of an Issue but it seems to me it should
be at least a P2 given the potential severity of impact on many sites.

Please consider addressing this issue at the earliest opportunity. It could be
as simple as a command line an admin could use to specify a path which obviates
the need for users to run the "search everywhere" algorithm, if we don't have
time for something fancier.

Thanks for your consideration.


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