Chris Hubick wrote:
"Please note that despite utilizing the JPackage installation
guidelines, several of the Java application software packages shipped
with Fedora have been slightly modified from those provided by JPackage,
in order to work out of the box with the included compiler and runtime
environment. Additionally, the Fedora packages also include
pre-compiled fast and optimized native binary code alongside the
original Java bytecode JAR files. As a result, if you modify your Yum
configuration and update to packages shipped directly through the
JPackage Yum repository, you will end up with an unpredictable mix of
bytecode and binary software. Users wishing to maintain a supported
environment, by using the Free Java tools shipped with Fedora, are thus
advised to only update their systems with Java packages provided through
the Fedora and Fedora Extras Yum repositories, and not directly through
JPackage unless they plan to switch to a proprietary Java runtime. The
Fedora provided application software packages should continue to work
with other Java Runtime Environments which follow JPackage guidelines,
but as stated above, there is a good chance unmodified JPackage
applications will not work with the default Runtime Environment shipped
with Fedora."
Amen!
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