HG writes: > Hi! > > On 12/29/06, Jan Engelhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > Hi all, >> > >> > Any ideas when JDK 1.5.10 and JDK 6 are going to be added to the >> > opensuse reps? >> >> Not gonna happen in 10.2. >> >> >> -`J' > > Why not? > > I know that you can get it from SUN, but with that installer you can > not get it to run properly on SUSE linux. > > Java is one of the most important platforms... Personally, I moved > development of some things to windows because of this. I know it's > SUN's fault that the installer can not install it to SUSE properly > (meaning that it works for all users and not just to the one that > installed it), but knowing who to blame doesn't help. Bottom line is > that if it's not available fro SUSE, then it's not. :-(
JDK 1.5.10 came with one of the last official openSUSE patches. And I fetched JDK 6 from some sort of test channel from openSUSE's build services: <http://software.opensuse.org/download/Java:/addon:/test/openSUSE_10.2/> HTH Franz -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
