The current "Java" content for the release notes (from FC4) are pretty
slim. I'll quote them below with my comments and questions...
Fedora Core 4 users are advised not to use the Java RPM provided by
Sun. It contains Provides that conflict with names used in packages
provided as part of Fedora Core 4. Because of this, Sun Java might
disappear from an installed system during package upgrade operations.
I assume this is still true. Does anybody have a pointer to the
details?
Fedora Core 4 users should use either the RPM available from
http://www.jpackage.org/, or manually install the Sun Java tarball
into `/opt/`.
I think we should discourage the /opt solution, since it doesn't
integrate with out alternatives-based solution.
Also, I thought there were problems with using the binary RPM from
JPackage, and users _have_ to rebuild from the SRPM. Does anybody
know about this?
Sun Java 1.5+ is recommended for stability purposes.
Is this really true? What about IBM or BEA? Should we even be
making specific recommendations here? Perhaps this is best
avoided.
Thanks,
AG