Difference between revisions of "Talk:Java"

Revision as of 18:41, 14 June 2009

Is it necessary to keep old versions of the JRE package? If someone has to install an old version, he only has to adjust the version number and remove the uninstall strings for more recent versions (and he can even leave them in the package without problems). You can get the version number from the last digits. So 3248F0A8-6813-11D6-A77B-00B0D0160020 would be the string for JRE (1.)6 Update 2. Maybe we could keep only the last recent version plus a short description how to install older versions. -- Laudrin 12:12, 13 July 2008 (CEST)

I doubt it is necessary to keep the old versions. As you say, a short description should suffice. Alternatively, we could create another page, called i.e. Java:older_versions.

http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/guides/jweb/otherFeatures/jre_install.html#uninstallExamples has info on future uninstall strings, how to install static JREs, and that by default JREs will be upgraded in place (so no need to uninstall the old versions). TRS-80 07:32, 22 October 2008 (CEST)

There are a number of providers of Java (Sun, Blackdown, IcedTea, though not necessarily for Windows) and there are various incarnations of Java for different people - Java SDK, Java JRE, etcetera. So I propose changing this page's name to 'Sun Java JRE'.

I think this is a nice idea. Maybe "Java" should be a category as "Adobe software" is, grouping all vendors' specific JREs and JDKs silent installers. A drawback could be the low visibility that categories have in home page.

I use the folowing line to stop the "Java Quick Starter" before updating. net stop returns 2 if the service was not running. Should add this to the example?

<install cmd='net stop "Java Quick Starter"'><exit code='0' /><exit code='2' /></install>

About JRE 1.6.0 Update 14 and Service Tag

Hello, Sun has released the Update 14 of their JRE 1.6.0 (and JDK 1.6.0). As stated in their Release Note (http://java.sun.com/javase/6/webnotes/6u14.html):

- this release does not contain security fixes, so from a security point of view we are not urged to upgrade from Update 13

- this release extends "Service Tag Support" to Windows systems: has anyone used Sun Service Tags before? Is this useful or can it be disabled/uninstalled altogether?

Thank you for your suggestions,

Ilgino 10:56, 3 June 2009 (CEST)

This only has an effect if you've separately installed the Sun Service Tag software for Windows. Service tags are just a form of inventory management, like OCS Inventory, Hyperic HQ etc. TRS-80 20:41, 14 June 2009 (CEST)