https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=37089

--- Comment #34 from Marc Pare <[email protected]> ---
Just getting back to this. 

If there are no objections, the, I will update the download page with the
suggested text below.

Marc

(In reply to Marc Pare from comment #33)
> (In reply to Stephan Bergmann from comment #32)
> > (In reply to Kumāra from comment #29)
> > > Marc, since the website detects the visitor's OS and offers the exact
> > > version, I suppose you can have it indicate the JRE compatible to that
> > > version. So, assuming me knowledge is correct (on 32/64bit):
> > 
> > I think this is heading in the wrong direction.  The download page can
> > probably detect the user's OS and also its "bit-ness" (32 vs. 64), but that
> > is not the most relevant thing here.
> > 
> > What is relevant is that if a user downloads a 32 bit LO for a 64 bit OS, to
> > alert them that they need a 32 bit JRE.
> > 
> > (When downloading a 64 bit LO for a 64 bit OS, technically, one could also
> > alert the user that they need a 64 bit JRE; but they are much more likely
> > anyway to use a 64 bit JRE on a 64 bit OS than to use a 32 bit JRE on a 64
> > bit OS, as required in the case above, so any such alert would probably
> > cause more confusion than good.  When downloading a 32 bit LO for a 32 bit
> > OS, the user can only have a 32 bit JRE on that OS anyway.  And downloading
> > a 64 bit LO for a 32 bit OS is not possible at all.)
> 
> How about:
> 
> "If Java is needed, all 32-bit versions of LibreOffice work with the 32 bit
> version of Java (JRE 32bit); all 64-bit versions of LibreOffice work with
> the 64-bit version of Java (JRE 64bit). The appropriate version of Java may
> be downloaded at www.Java.com"

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