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Greg Tassone wrote:
>
> FYI: There is nothing "unstable" about JDK 1.5 (or Java 5). It is the
> recommended "production" platform/runtime of choice for many large
> vendors and IT shops, and has been for some time now. It has simply
> been package-masked here at Gentoo because there have been some
> lingering ebuilds that didn't compile cleanly with it. Hopefully it is
> going to be unmasked VERY soon.
>
It also by default produces class files that are not compatible with
earlier versions etc.
You can safely make 1.5 the user vm using java-config -s. But just be
sure you don't ever set it as the system vm.
Regards,
Petteri
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