Missing latest source snapshots for JDK-6 (original) (raw)

Ulf Zibis Ulf.Zibis at gmx.de
Sat Oct 15 02:19:10 PDT 2011

Am 15.10.2011 00:57, schrieb Dalibor Topic:

On 10/14/11 11:58 PM, Ulf Zibis wrote:

On the official download page http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html I get: - Windows JDK-6 Update 27 binary - Universal JDK-6 Update 25 docs 4 Apr 2011 - Universal JDK-6 Update 23 source bundle 12 Nov 2010 - No Windows JDK-6 fastdebug binary

I think it is fair to expect matching bundles. No, not really. For example, JRL was retired last year. From http://download.java.net/openjdk/jdk6/ I get a Build b23 OpenJDK source bundle. But to which official Update does it match? Assuming by 'official Update' you mean an Oracle JDK release, the answer is: none. See http://blogs.oracle.com/darcy/entry/openjdk6genealogy for details. If you're looking for some kind of close synchronization between Oracle JDK and OpenJDK releases, I'd recommend that you look at JDK 7, as Oracle JDK 7 is based on OpenJDK 7. As I'm on Windows, self-building is not an option. :-( It's not that hard. See http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk6/jdk6/raw-file/tip/README-builds.html for details. Ask on build-dev if you get stuck. The hardest Problem is: The 32-bit OpenJDK Windows build requires Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 (VS2003) Professional Edition compiler.

cheers, dalibor topic

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