On Jul 29, 2005, at 4:50 AM, Thomas Vatter wrote:
I won't support my application on more than one JRE. Java 5 is first
class, it is faster and easier in programming. It is no problem to
tell my customers operating system has to be at least 10.4. Still
best way seems to be copying Java 5 in a subdirectory of the
application. If it would work...
If you want to require the use of Java 5 for your application, you
have to require a user to have Mac OS X 10.4 and they download and
install Java 5 from Apple. You cannot distribute Apple's Java 5 bits
with your application (you could try asking for permission but...).
From the Software License Agreement...
"All components of the Apple Software are provided as part of a
bundle and may not be separated from the bundle and distributed as
standalone applications."
Also obviously some of your customers may already have Java 5
installed so what do you do with those? What if your Java 5 bits are
older then the Java 5 they have installed? Do you force them to
download Java 5 bits with your application again? Or do you present
them with an option to not download those bits? If you do that why
not just tell folks they need Java 5 and point them at Apple's site
to download it.
The second you start trying to release Apple bits with your bits you
are causing yourself a future compatibility nightmare as Apple
releases updates. Also again you do not have the rights to distribute
Apple bits with your product.
It simply isn't worth it, it isn't supported, it goes against the
packaging model Apple has in place, etc. so I recommend you don't do
it. Just point your customers at Apple's site to download it.
Why does apple not integrate it - if it is already existing.
It wasn't ready to ship at the same time Apple needed to start
burning Mac OS X 10.4 DVDs so it wasn't included with the base
installer. They released it as a download a month or so later when
the Tiger DVDs started to be delivered. You should expect it to get
integrated into base Mac OS X install for 10.5 or possible in a
10.4.x point release.
-Shawn
