"John Peter Loh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > So does this mean I could download the JRE/JDK as an RPM or DEB package? or > through YUM/Apt-get?
Well, at least on Ubuntu, the JRE/JDK has already been released into the universe repo, due to the earlier licensing change allowing distributors to package and redistribute the JRE/JDK. Now, with the whole shebang going GPLv2, this means that the distributors themselves can also push and publish e.g. security updates both upstream and downstream. This is quite good: Say your distro has it in their repo, and you have servers running Java apps (probably you have a web app running on Tomcat or what not). Previously, if you had to update the JVM because of a security problem, you had to install it *outside* of the distro's packaging system. Now, the distros themselves can push the security update (among other things) and test it against their configuration (think RHEL or similar clones) -- and, you get the benefit of a unified system for managing updates. -- JM Ibanez Senior Software Engineer Orange & Bronze Software Labs, Ltd. Co. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://software.orangeandbronze.com/ _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
