Am 11.11.2011 00:00, schrieb Florian Philipp: > Am 10.11.2011 22:01, schrieb Alan McKinnon: >> On Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:02:35 -0500 >> Willie Wong <ww...@math.princeton.edu> wrote: >> >>> Hi list, >>> >>> I've not been keeping up with the developments in the Java world, and >>> now am getting a bit confused. >>> >>> Currently my computer is using the icedtea jdk, in fact, I am running >>> icedtea-bin-1.10.4. Today, portage wants to >>> >>> [ebuild U ] dev-java/icedtea-bin-6.1.10.4 [1.10.4] >>> [ebuild N ] sys-apps/attr-2.4.46-r1 USE="nls -static-libs" >>> [ebuild NS ] virtual/jre-1.7.0 [1.6.0] >>> [ebuild N ] dev-java/icedtea-7.2.0-r1 USE="nsplugin -debug -doc >>> -examples -jamvm -javascript -pulseaudio -systemtap -webstart >>> -zero" [ebuild NS ] virtual/jdk-1.7.0 [1.6.0] [ebuild N ] >>> dev-java/icedtea-web-1.1.3-r7 USE="nsplugin -build -doc" >>> > [...] >>> >>> I figure that icedtea-bin is the binary version of icedtea, but >>> >>> (i) What is icedtea-web? >> >> If you had actually clicked on the homepage link in the emerge -s >> output you posted, you would have seen in the very first bullet point >> right at the start of the page that icedtea-web is mostly Java Web Start >> >>> (ii) Why the version jump from 1.10.4 to 6.1.10.4? >> >> Look carefully. It's not a version jump, just the addition of a 6. >> prefix. It's to bring the -bin package version into line with the >> source code version >> >>> (iii) Why is the -bin one major version behind icedtee? >> >> No idea. You should ask the builder of the bin packages. The likely >> reason is that he hasn't gotten around to building it yet >> > > Or maybe the build system is stable enough for general use. If someone > can share some experience with the source build, I'd like to hear about it. >
The build system of the source build, of course.
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