FYI. Apple, with the release of 10.7, no longer supports Java. On Aug 13, 2011 5:35 PM, "Cor Nouws" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi *, > > Someone I know from long time ago, asked me also to share the message below. > > Cor > > > -------- Original Message -------- > > The LibreOffice documentation does not state clearly that Java JRE is > not included in the LibreOffice download package. > > Based on the information in the LibreOffice documentation one can > assume that Java JRE does not come included with LibreOffice, but, > oddly, that information is not clearly stated in the LibreOffice > documentation. > > "Getting Started with LibreOffice 3.3" documentation, page 40: > http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/cgi_img_auth.php/c/c4/0100GS3-GettingStartedLibO.pdf > "Java options > If you install or update a Java Runtime Environment (JRE) after you > install LibreOffice, or if you have more than one JRE installed on > your computer, you can use the LibreOffice – Java options page to > choose the JRE for LibreOffice to use." > > That information indicates that with the "Java Options" menu in > LibreOffice one can choose which of the installed Java JRE versions to > use with the installed LibreOffice (if one needs and wants to use Java > JRE, anyhow). > That information is mainly applicable to a situation with multiple > Java versions installed. (Which, besides, is unwise, given the fact > that all older JRE versions have serious vulnerabilities.) But also in > case of one single installed JRE, that menu offers the opportunity to > choose whether or not to use JRE with LibreOffice. > > To my opinion, the confusion comes with the section "If you install or > update a Java Runtime Environment (JRE) after you install LibreOffice". > That can be interpreted as "No JRE is included with LibreOffice, but > after you install LibreOffice you can still install JRE or update an > old version of Java, if you need or want to." > To me that seems to be the most logical interpretation. > But just as well one could read that section as "After installing > LibreOffice you are free to install a (newer or other) JRE version or > to update an older JRE version", without anything said about whether > or not Java is included with the Libreoffice download. > > Therefore, the LibreOffice documentation is insufficiently clear, in > my opinion. > It would be much clearer if the LibreOffice documentation would > explicitly state that Java JRE is not included with the LibreOffice > download. > This could be mentioned not only in the LibreOffice documentation > files, but also at the download page. > > Thank you very much. > > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: 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/website/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
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