I really hate it when people try to tell me something 'for my own good'. Tom - I asked a very specific question. I didn't ask whether or not I should be using Java.
On 10/30/2014 10:26 AM, Tom Davies <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi :) > I think it's best to do without Java if at all possible. Since Oracle took > it over and put their own devs onto it Java appears to have been unstable > and vulnerable. Some of their security patches and upgrades have been so > full of holes that there have been known exploits "out in the wild" even > before their release date that they had to shelve them. > > LibreOffice has worked hard to remove any dependence on Java but there are > still a few incredibly rare things that still need it. Accessibility > support is moving off Java. The inbuilt back-end for Base is migrating to > Firebird > > It might be possible to use; > Tools - Options - Advanced > to switch off java. Hopefully no data-loss occurs and it just grumbles > when something does need Java. If you do get such an error message then it > should be reasonably easy to switch java back on and re-try the task. > > Good luck! > Regards from > Tom :) > > > > On 30 October 2014 11:18, Tanstaafl <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> Is there a page somewhere that specifies what version(s) of Java are >> supported for what versions of Libreoffice? >> >> Specifically, is Java8 fully supported for version 4.1.x? 4.2.x? 4.3.x? >> >> Thanks -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
