And welcome to how Java apps on OSX will be distributed in the near
future. Discussions are afoot on the Mac OSX port list for just this, as
well as the system JDK install, there'll be a way for applications to
bundle their own JDK. Which will be the preferred way. This will,
AFAIK allow OSX to sandbox an application completely - and also make it
available in the app store.
On 13/04/12 4:08 AM, Fernando Cassia wrote:
On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 12:42, Fabrizio Giudici
<[email protected]> wrote:
In any case, this doesn't change a lot in my point of view. Desktop
applications can be distributed by embedding a Java runtime, so they are not
impaired by the fact that the user disables Java.
Embedding the Java runtime with each app dates back to the days when
Java as a platform was very buggy, and devs had to make sure the user
had 1.xsomething and not 1.xsomething-1 JRE installed.
It's a very very bad practive and I raise hell to any developer I see
embedding the JRE with his app.
Not to mention that uninstalling Java from systems renders Java Web
Start useless.
I think JWS is one of Java's hidden gems and should be promoted more, not less.
FC
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