Albert Y.C. Lai wrote:
>
> Nicholas Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Don't upgrade then, let someone else test the cutting edge stuff. The
> > point of linux is that you have choise.
>
> [...]
>
> Except that by now Java 2 is no longer supposed to be cutting edge
> stuff. Yet, if I get it right, that the linux port requires such
> beasts as libstdc++-libc6.0-1.so.2 means it is linked against cutting
> edge stuff, sometimes even vapourware, and the porting team expects us
> to follow suit. Where is the choice here?
The choice is to wait for a real release. The porting team has dealt
with a lot of distractions just getting to this point and having reached
it -- a beta release that works quite well -- is no small
accomplishment. But it is a beta, whose purpose in life is to shake out
the bugs; complaining that it isn't production-ready is not particularly
constructive and, anyway, it's just restating the obvious.
I think we all agree it's too bad that Java 2 on Linux was a little bit
late to the party, but if you don't think we're living at the cutting
edge, perhaps you can point out the abundance of Java 2 apps and Java 2
applets and Java 2-compliant browsers out there. I'm still looking for
them (and developing them).
Nathan
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