On Sat, 28 Nov 2009, Sebastian Klein wrote: >> a) Security issues. When you launch an application you must be sure it is >> really the right one. > > Isn't it similarly insecure to run binary plugins that are located in > the user's home folder?
To a certain degree yes. >> b) Installation issues. Java must be installed in a way, that you can >> launch it. > > True, but shouldn't be a problem in practice. (There are java apps that > are run by a script. They must have figured this out somehow.) There is already one report for this issue which means this is a real problem. >> c) Does not work in Webstart variant or as applet. > > That's a problem... How many Webstart users are there? One could simply > redirect the help to a browser window for these people. (Or use modal > help for webstarters only.) About 4700 webstart accesses in last 3 weeks. >> Whenever we switch to Java 6, we can solve that issue with different modal >> modes as supported by Java 6. >> > Btw. may I ask what are the main reasons for using Java 5? (Other than > support users that haven't updated their Java for 3 years.) Good question. Current stats (about 3 weeks): 5 ( 1137, 4%) 6 (23625, 95%) 7 ( 57, 0%) Java 5 is not really an issue anymore. Probably we should consider switching to version 5. Ciao -- http://www.dstoecker.eu/ (PGP key available) _______________________________________________ josm-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/josm-dev
