Hi :) Sorry! I was trying to say that it might be difficult to get an answer.
Java updates are too frequent and unreliable so tracking them would be tricky. Oracle are not particularly open and talkative about their problems. In the past they have been quite hostile towards LibreOffice. There is an "openJDK" project. It's also owned by Oracle but has had quite a big community to iron-out some of the problems that mainstream Java has Regards from Tom :) On 30 October 2014 15:11, Tanstaafl <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > -- 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
