On 15:07 Wed 20 Jul , mark.reinh...@oracle.com wrote: > 2011/7/20 14:07 -0700, ahug...@redhat.com: > > On 08:41 Wed 20 Jul, mark.reinh...@oracle.com wrote: > >> The RI binaries are now available: http://jdk7.java.net/java-se-7-ri > > > > I thought the release wasn't until the 28th? Congrats. on getting it done > > early! > > Shipping the RI is part of finishing the JCP Final Release, > which is a different thing from shipping a supported product. > > > But aren't these kinda useless if they don't get security updates? > > They're meant only for testing and reference use, primarily > by implementors trying to get their implementations to pass > the JCK. > > > Will there be any useful GPL binaries? > > Yes -- from Red Hat, Canonical, Debian, and other Linux distros > as usual, I expect. >
So, in other words, nothing changed and Oracle's implementation will still be in proprietary binary form. > - Mark -- Andrew :) Free Java Software Engineer Red Hat, Inc. (http://www.redhat.com) Support Free Java! Contribute to GNU Classpath and IcedTea http://www.gnu.org/software/classpath http://icedtea.classpath.org PGP Key: F5862A37 (https://keys.indymedia.org/) Fingerprint = EA30 D855 D50F 90CD F54D 0698 0713 C3ED F586 2A37
