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Re: Java and Apple

Does it really need a Java 6 compiler or a Java 5 compiler?

Previous releases on other OSes required that the existing JDK be installed to build the newer one. Maybe there's a new build directive to change from old, "un-open" to the OpenJDK. Another could be that the build you're seeing is to build a newer release of the previous JDK (for example, JDK 6, release 1 might be needed to build JDK release 2, etc)I'm not being a smart a** here, I just haven't looked and I'm curious.

The problem with "building your own" on Apple is going to be addressing the native GUI. All this stuff is provided for Sun, Linux, and Windoze, but it's still proprietary on Apple. It might be interesting to look at some of the FreeBSD ports for Java. Interestingly enough, they're on 1.5 too.

Bill Wagner
http://www.scsc-online.com



Bill Janssen wrote:
It may be the new play, but I have 2 million lines of Java code that ain't gonna convert themselves! 


Could you download OpenJDK, and compile it from source, and free
yourself from dependence on Apple's business needs, whims and secrecy?

Hmmm, maybe not -- I see that OpenJDK needs *another* Java 6 compiler
to bootstrap the process.  So someone with Java 6 would have to do
this and post an OpenJDK dmg to bootstrap the process.

Bill

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