Why is this thread in the tdf-discuss list? On 3/11/2016 3:28 PM, Larry Gusaas <larry.gus...@gmail.com> wrote: > Proof??? JRE works with 5.0 and doesn't work with 5.1. That is pretty > objective proof. > LibreOffice code changed and now does not find JRE on OS X. > > In case you weren't paying attention when 5.1.0 came out, here are some posts > from a thread > "Java broke on LO 5.1 on Macs" > from the us...@global.libreoffice.org mailing list. Note the comment /*"I'm > not sure we did > ourselves a favour with that change..."*/.
And in that very thread - started by you - it was explained - to you - that this was a *deliberate* code change to address a *broken* JRE provided by Apple (the fact that you had to have the Java6 JRE installed to get the Jave8 JRE installed is a clue that something wasn't right, no?)... I quote V Stuart Foote: > No, Oracle must fix the JRE, or Apple must correct OS X Java system calls. > Until then, LO for tdf#94716 now requires use of the unaffected JDK -- at > the expense of OS X users now having to install the JDK rather than a broken > JRE to access the Java runtimes. > > See Oracle's notes: > http://bugs.java.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=7131356 > > The LibreOffice details are in tdf#74877 > <https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=74877> and > tdf#94716 <https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94716> > > LibreOffice has no skin in the game beyond running the Java based HSQLDB > for Base internal database--and when we fully move to FireBird very little > requirement for Java going forward. Java runtime -- from a JRE or JDK > becomes irrelevant to the project. So, you are complaining about a Mac bug here... please take it to the appropriate place (wherever you report Mac bugs)... -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
