Re: [fedora-java] Re: jpackage.org and FC4
Ian Pilcher wrote:
Gary Benson wrote:
> Yes, if you want to use JREs and SDKs other than the one we ship.
> And also yes if you want to use Java applications other than the
> ones we ship.
>
> However, FC4 users should be careful about upgrading packages when
> such an upgrade would result in a Fedora package being replaced
> with a JPackage one. Doing this will in many cases cause you to
> lose performance and/or function when using our JRE.
>
> In short, update from JPackage's yum repository at your peril.
And therein lies a problem. As you say, there are valid reasons for
using JPackage RPMs on Fedora Core 4, but doing so is "perilous".
Yes, though again it's only a problem if you replace Fedora packages
with JPackage ones. Installing packages from JPackage that do not
exist in Fedora should pose no problems.
It would be a very good thing, IMNSHO, if the Fedora Java folks and
the JPackage folks could develop some sort of co-existance strategy.
We do coexist. Unfortunatly the limitations of rpm's linear version
space mean that something has to give, and that something is
upgrading.
Cheers,
Gary