Re: [gentoo-user] java java everywhere

[Florian Philipp]

Am 11.11.2011 00:00, schrieb Florian Philipp:
> Am 10.11.2011 22:01, schrieb Alan McKinnon:
>> On Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:02:35 -0500
>> Willie Wong <wwong@××××××××××××××.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi list,
>>>
>>> I've not been keeping up with the developments in the Java world, and
>>> now am getting a bit confused.
>>>
>>> Currently my computer is using the icedtea jdk, in fact, I am running
>>> icedtea-bin-1.10.4. Today, portage wants to
>>>
>>> [ebuild     U  ] dev-java/icedtea-bin-6.1.10.4 [1.10.4]
>>> [ebuild  N     ] sys-apps/attr-2.4.46-r1  USE="nls -static-libs"
>>> [ebuild  NS    ] virtual/jre-1.7.0 [1.6.0]
>>> [ebuild  N     ] dev-java/icedtea-7.2.0-r1  USE="nsplugin -debug -doc
>>> -examples -jamvm -javascript -pulseaudio -systemtap -webstart
>>> -zero" [ebuild  NS    ] virtual/jdk-1.7.0 [1.6.0] [ebuild  N     ]
>>> dev-java/icedtea-web-1.1.3-r7  USE="nsplugin -build -doc"
>>>
> [...]
>>>
>>> I figure that icedtea-bin is the binary version of icedtea, but
>>>
>>>  (i) What is icedtea-web?
>>
>> If you had actually clicked on the homepage link in the emerge -s
>> output you posted, you would have seen in the very first bullet point
>> right at the start of the page that icedtea-web is mostly Java Web Start
>>
>>>  (ii) Why the version jump from 1.10.4 to 6.1.10.4?
>>
>> Look carefully. It's not a version jump, just the addition of a 6.
>> prefix. It's to bring the -bin package version into line with the
>> source code version
>>
>>>  (iii) Why is the -bin one major version behind icedtee?
>>
>> No idea. You should ask the builder of the bin packages. The likely
>> reason is that he hasn't gotten around to building it yet
>>
>
> Or maybe the build system is stable enough for general use. If someone
> can share some experience with the source build, I'd like to hear about it.
>

The build system of the source build, of course.