OpenJDK java web start fails to open jnlp files version 1.5

[sam.sharpe+lists.redhat at gmail.com]

>On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 5:16 PM, <sam.sharpe+lists.redhat at gmail.com>
>wrote:
>> Oliver Said:
>>>On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 5:00 PM, Suvayu
>>>Ali<fatkasuvayu+linux at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Oliver Ruebenacker wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>     Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>>  I am unable to start http://vcell.org/webstart/Rel/vcell.jnlp
>>>>> from Firefox (although it works under MS Win) and when I try in
>>>>> bash:
>>>>>
>>>>>  javaws http://vcell.org/webstart/Rel/vcell.jnlp
>>>>>
>>>>>  I get:
>>>>>
>>>>>  netx: Invalid XML document syntax
>>>>>
>>>>>  It seems to be this bug:
>>>>>
>>>>>  https://bugs.launchpad.net/fedora/+source/openjdk-6/+bug/224800
>>>>>
>>>>>  When should we expect a fix? Thanks!
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I believe this is what you are experiencing,
>>>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=494302
>>
>>>  Yes, sounds like the same bug, says it's fixed "upstream". So, how
>>>long should we expect the river to take to flow down to us? Thanks!
>>
>> - What speed does the river flow?
>> - How far downstream are we?
>> - How long is a piece of string?
>> - How many roads must a man walk down?
>>
>> (all these are unknown, apart from the last, where the answer my
>> friend, is blowing in the wind)
>>
>> In all seriousness, why not update the Bugzilla and ask?
>
>  I thought bugzilla is for reporting, not for asking. If questions go
>to bugzilla, what is left for this list?

On bugzilla, someone owns that issue/package - so they can answer that
question. On this list, no-one necessarily owns the problem and there is
the possibility that no-one can answer authoritatively.

(Disclaimer: I work in a support role and as far as I am concerned, from
a customer perspective, someone has to own your issue otherwise there
is no concept of accountability and I believe even in the OSS community
that principle holds)

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Sam