[fedora-java] jpackage.org and FC4

[John M. Gabriele]

I just installed Fedora Core 4, and happily, it seems to have all
the Java packages already installed for me and ready to go (during
the install I selected the Java and Eclipse packages, and also dev
tools packages).

Then, later, I noticed this site: http://jpackage.org/
They seem to have many of the same packages that already come
with FC4, and they're rpm's too.

At first I assumed that jpackage.org must be for other rpm-based
distros besides Fedora, but then I came across this article:
http://fedoranews.org/mediawiki/index.php/JPackage_Java_for_FC4
by Paul Howarth. It says:

|
| Fedora Core 4 users should use either the RPM from jpackage.org
| or manually install the Sun Java tarball into /opt. Sun Java 1.5+
| is recommended for stability purposes.
|

What are they talking about? FC4 already comes with Java:

[john at localhost ~]$ yum list | grep gcj
java-1.4.2-gcj-compat.i386            1.4.2.0-40jpp_31rh.FC4 installed
java-1.4.2-gcj-compat-devel.i386      1.4.2.0-40jpp_31rh.FC4 installed
java-1.4.2-gcj-compat-src.i386        1.4.2.0-40jpp_31rh.FC4 installed
libgcj.i386                           4.0.0-8                installed
libgcj-devel.i386                     4.0.0-8                installed
libgcj-src.i386                       4.0.0-8                installed
java-1.4.2-gcj-compat-debuginfo.i386  1.4.2.0-40jpp_31rh.FC4 updates-released

Why would I install Java from jpackage.org when it already comes with
FC4 and works right OOTB?

Should FC4 users be using *any* packages from jpackage.org?

Thanks,
---John



		
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