Use OpenJDK rather than sun-java6-bin (for lucid+) - OK for Processing?
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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| broth |
Fix Committed
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Critical
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danstowell | ||
Bug Description
We currently include sun-java6-bin (via a hook) rather than using an open java implementation. I know of one specific reason, which is that in the past SwingOSC (used mainly by SuperCollider) didn't work well on an open impl (cos of missing features in the impl, I think).
Things seem to have improved. SwingOSC has been reported to work fine on OpenJDK <http://
At the same time, Canonical has ditched sun-java6-bin (for lucid onwards) from its main repositories, saying OpenJDK is now good enough to meet most people's needs.
PROCESSING / ARDUINO USERS: is OpenJDK acceptable for running Processing? I'm not a heavy enough user to know if there are important gaps in the coverage. Processing is the other main thing in Puredyne which relies on Java.
| Changed in broth: | |
| assignee: | nobody → danstowell (danstowell) |
| importance: | Undecided → Critical |
| milestone: | none → 10.04 |
| status: | New → In Progress |
| danstowell (danstowell) wrote | #1 |
| Aymeric Mansoux (aymeric) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in broth: | |
| status: | In Progress → Fix Committed |
a clue arrived via robmyers :
"@mclduk: Processing itself works fine under OpenJDK. But neither 1.1 nor the current 184 pre-release create applets that work under OpenJDK. "