On Thu, 2008-01-03 at 17:02 -0600, Les Mikesell wrote: > Craig White wrote: > > On Thu, 2008-01-03 at 16:40 -0600, Les Mikesell wrote: > >> Karl Larsen wrote: > >> > >>>>> 2. Next the small wimpy java 1.51 which is of no use to a serious > >>>>> java user should not be made available to the user.Instead there > >>>>> should be dummy /usr/java/default/bin/java file which will print out > >>>>> "Java not installed" if you press java in a Terminal. There needs to > >>>>> be a link between /etc/alternatives/java to /usr/java/default/bin/java. > >>>> Most "Serious java users" ie corporations are using either 1.4 (as we > >>>> are at work) or 1.5, so stop speaking of something you know nothing > >>>> about. Hardly anyone is using 1.6 commercially yet. And they're the > >>>> people who are "serious users", not people trying to run applets in > >>>> their browsers... > >>>> > >>> Why lie about what I KNOW? I tried to install jedit with the 1.5 on > >>> F8 and it just spit out error messages. Then I bit the bullet and > >>> installed what Sun Inc said is right and jedit works SUPER. > >>> > >>> That is fact not you GUESS. > >> You are comparing 1.5 apples to 1.6 oranges. The 1.5 you tried was not > >> Sun java, and jedit probably works just fine with Sun Java 1.5 as well > >> as the 1.6 you installed. > > ---- > > what was the point you were trying make using Karl as proof? LOL!!! > > That this stuff should work as shipped. ---- are you saying that jedit doesn't work with shipped version of gcj ? Craig
