Re: [gentoo-user] java replacement

2017-01-27 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 27 Jan 2017 09:15:42 +0100, J. Roeleveld wrote: > > Some people think they can sell anything to everyone and then there is > > Alan and me. You to Neil. ROFL > > It also helps if you know multiple languages and can switch between > them at will. I once had a call from someone wanting

Re: [gentoo-user] java replacement

2017-01-27 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Thursday, January 26, 2017 3:14:15 PM CET Dale wrote: > Alan McKinnon wrote: > > On 26/01/2017 03:52, Dale wrote: > >> taii...@gmx.com wrote: > >>> On 01/25/2017 05:03 AM, Bill Kenworthy wrote: > The java 8u112 download that the latest oracle java pulls in requires > an >

Re: [gentoo-user] java replacement

2017-01-26 Thread Dale
Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 26/01/2017 03:52, Dale wrote: >> taii...@gmx.com wrote: >>> On 01/25/2017 05:03 AM, Bill Kenworthy wrote: >>> The java 8u112 download that the latest oracle java pulls in requires an invasive questionnaire to create an Oracle account to enable the download.

Re: [gentoo-user] java replacement

2017-01-26 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 26/01/2017 03:52, Dale wrote: > taii...@gmx.com wrote: >> On 01/25/2017 05:03 AM, Bill Kenworthy wrote: >> >>> The java 8u112 download that the latest oracle java pulls in requires an >>> invasive questionnaire to create an Oracle account to enable the >>> download. >>> >>> I was using iced-tea

Re: [gentoo-user] java replacement

2017-01-25 Thread Dale
taii...@gmx.com wrote: > On 01/25/2017 05:03 AM, Bill Kenworthy wrote: > >> The java 8u112 download that the latest oracle java pulls in requires an >> invasive questionnaire to create an Oracle account to enable the >> download. >> >> I was using iced-tea at one stage but found the android sdk

Re: [gentoo-user] java replacement

2017-01-25 Thread taii...@gmx.com
On 01/25/2017 05:03 AM, Bill Kenworthy wrote: The java 8u112 download that the latest oracle java pulls in requires an invasive questionnaire to create an Oracle account to enable the download. I was using iced-tea at one stage but found the android sdk didn’t work well with it - is there a

Re: [gentoo-user] java replacement

2017-01-25 Thread Bill Kenworthy
On 25/01/17 18:21, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 25/01/2017 12:03, Bill Kenworthy wrote: >> The java 8u112 download that the latest oracle java pulls in requires an >> invasive questionnaire to create an Oracle account to enable the download. >> >> I was using iced-tea at one stage but found the

Re: [gentoo-user] java replacement

2017-01-25 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 25 Jan 2017 18:27:26 +0800, Bill Kenworthy wrote: > > I downloaded jdk-8u121-linux-x64.tar.gz a few days ago, using the URL > > in the elog message. I had to agree to a licence agreement, but no > > other information was requested. > > > > > > Now accepting the licence agreement

Re: [gentoo-user] java replacement

2017-01-25 Thread Bill Kenworthy
On 25/01/17 18:15, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Wed, 25 Jan 2017 18:03:19 +0800, Bill Kenworthy wrote: > >> The java 8u112 download that the latest oracle java pulls in requires an >> invasive questionnaire to create an Oracle account to enable the >> download. > > I downloaded

Re: [gentoo-user] java replacement

2017-01-25 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 25/01/2017 12:03, Bill Kenworthy wrote: > The java 8u112 download that the latest oracle java pulls in requires an > invasive questionnaire to create an Oracle account to enable the download. > > I was using iced-tea at one stage but found the android sdk didn’t work > well with it - is there

Re: [gentoo-user] java replacement

2017-01-25 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 25 Jan 2017 18:03:19 +0800, Bill Kenworthy wrote: > The java 8u112 download that the latest oracle java pulls in requires an > invasive questionnaire to create an Oracle account to enable the > download. I downloaded jdk-8u121-linux-x64.tar.gz a few days ago, using the URL in the elog

[gentoo-user] java replacement

2017-01-25 Thread Bill Kenworthy
The java 8u112 download that the latest oracle java pulls in requires an invasive questionnaire to create an Oracle account to enable the download. I was using iced-tea at one stage but found the android sdk didn’t work well with it - is there a less objectionable java source than oracle that has