Mark Taylor wrote:
> Alasdair Allan wrote:
>> This means that apart from my box there isn't a single running copy of
>> Java 1.4.2 installed anywhere in Exeter as he's currently in the
>> process of ripping the older Java out of /star on all the machines...
>
> From what I understand removing /star/java/jre is something of an
> overreaction here,
I agree, but...
> since it's only browser plugins which are going
> to cause problems and I would have thought that browsers are unlikely
> to use the JRE from /star. Even if I'm right of course, the fact that
> (at least) your admin at Exeter has taken this step means we may
> need to worry about it.
Exactly!
> As of the last CD release, TOPCAT is believed to run on J2SE1.5.
> A quick look at Treeview suggests that appears to be OK as well.
> They certainly won't compile against jdk1.5.0, but that's not really
> a problem (unless our JDKs are forcibly removed from under us!).
I did get a phone call, but I put him off.
Al.
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