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Javier Kohen wrote: [...] | I read a remark in the third message in this thread where the author | claims that he doesn't see a problem in dropping support for having | multiple versions of Java installed parallely. That would be a problem | for me, as I'm forced to use different JVM's for different purposes, | because the level of support for AMD64 varies across vendors and | versions, none being "perfect." | | Other developers might need to have older compilers around to test | compliance against a particular Java version. [...] Javier, ~ Please see /usr/share/doc/java-package/SUPPORTED for the list of JRE/JDK downloads that java-package supports. We have generally continued supporting some JRE/JDKs even when vendors indicate that one is an in-service replacement for the other. However, at the point that the downloads for a given JRE/JDK can no longer be retrieved legally, we have typically discontinued support. ~ Multiple JRE/JDK installations will always be possible, as that is a very common occurrence for the very reasons you have mentioned. However, currently, multiple point releases under a given vendor is not possible. For instance, you could have a Sun 1.3, 1.4 and 1.5 installation, but not 1.3.0 and 1.3.1, or 1.4.1 and 1.4.2. ~ This bug is somewhat frivolous and I think we should close it.
Sincerely, - -- Barry Hawkins All Things Computed site: www.alltc.com weblog: www.yepthatsme.com
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