Roedy Green

a new JDK was just released 1.7.0_03.

Hints on installing will be posted soon at
http://mindprod.com/jgloss/jdk.html
and http://mindprod.com/jgloss/jre.html

It is pretty straightforward, so long as you remember to get 32/64 bit
or both.
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"If you change this, remember to change ?XXX? too".

Jan Burse

Roedy Green schrieb:
> a new JDK was just released 1.7.0_03.
>
> Hints on installing will be posted soon at
> http://mindprod.com/jgloss/jdk.html
> and http://mindprod.com/jgloss/jre.html
>
> It is pretty straightforward, so long as you remember to get 32/64 bit
> or both.

Did it fix the keyboard on Mac OS?

So far openjdk 1.7 was not usable on Mac OS, the
option modifier did not work, no chance to type
[ ] | { } from a swiss german keyboard.

Exactly same application works with openjdk 1.6,
the Swing text component handles the keyboard
correctly.

Bye

Roedy Green

On Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:12:20 +0100, Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm>
wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said :

>Did it fix the keyboard on Mac OS?

This was from Oracle, the mainstream version, not Open JDK. I think
mostly it was about timezone/DST trivia updates and the usual security
stuff.
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One of the most useful comments you can put in a program is
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markspace

On 2/15/2012 2:12 AM, Jan Burse wrote:
> Roedy Green schrieb:
>> a new JDK was just released 1.7.0_03.
>>

>>
>> It is pretty straightforward, so long as you remember to get 32/64 bit
>> or both.
>
> Did it fix the keyboard on Mac OS?


Java Update 3 release notes. They don't say anything about Mac OS
though, afaics.

<http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/7u3-relnotes-1481928.html>

Looks like Java 1.7.0_03 has some Security Baseline stuff (I didn't read
what that is), there's Java SE 7u3 updates for the Java plugin and for
some security vulnerabilities.

Arne Vajhøj

On 2/15/2012 5:12 AM, Jan Burse wrote:
> Roedy Green schrieb:
>> a new JDK was just released 1.7.0_03.
>>
>> Hints on installing will be posted soon at
>> http://mindprod.com/jgloss/jdk.html
>> and http://mindprod.com/jgloss/jre.html
>>
>> It is pretty straightforward, so long as you remember to get 32/64 bit
>> or both.
>
> Did it fix the keyboard on Mac OS?
>
> So far openjdk 1.7 was not usable on Mac OS, the
> option modifier did not work, no chance to type
> [ ] | { } from a swiss german keyboard.
>
> Exactly same application works with openjdk 1.6,
> the Swing text component handles the keyboard
> correctly.

It was Oracle Java that was released not OpenJDK.

As far as I can see then OpenJDK does not even
have a u3 only u2 and u4.

To find out whether it is fixed or not
you should probably read commit comments
in Mercurial.

Arne

Arne Vajhøj

On 2/15/2012 10:44 AM, Roedy Green wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:12:20 +0100, Jan Burse<janburse@fastmail.fm>
> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said :
>
>> Did it fix the keyboard on Mac OS?
>
> This was from Oracle, the mainstream version, not Open JDK.

OpenJDK is actually supposed to be RI, but it has not
really taken over yet.

Arne

Fredrik Jonson

In <4f3c55ee$0$290$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> Arne Vajhøj wrote:

> As far as I can see then OpenJDK does not even have a u3 only
> u2 and u4.

It seems that oracle have reserved odd releases solely for security updates,
while feature releases are even numbered. I'm not suprised that they do the
even numbered releases out in the open with openjdk, while keeping the odd
releases with security fixes secret as long as possible.

I haven't seen this policy stated authoritively publicly anywhere, but the
pattern of changes in the three updates of jdk 7 sure seems to support it.

--
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Fredrik Jonson

Lew wrote:

> > I haven't seen this policy stated authoritively publicly anywhere, but
> > the pattern of changes in the three updates of jdk 7 sure seems to
> > support it.
>
> Maybe because that isn't the policy and the three updates of Oracle's
> Java 7 completely disprove the notion.

Maybe You're correct, I'm no authority, just calling it as I see it. I'm
curious, do you have a authoritative source for your statement?

> Java 1.7.0_1 had both security and feature changes, 1.7.0_02 had both
> security and feature changes, and 1.7.0_03 had both security and and
> non-security changes.

I must confess that after the reorganization after Oracle bought Sun I find
the changelogs harder to interpret. I can't seem to find the full list of
all bugs fixed in a release in the relase notes anymore. Didn't Sun usually
include a long table of all fixes in the relase notes? Or was that another
document? Compare with the table "Other Bug fixes" below:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/ja...es-176121.html

Anyway, back on topic. Let me quote from the release notes:

In update 1:
"Bug Fixes This release contains fixes for security vulnerabilities. For
more information, please see Oracle Java SE Critical Patch Update advisory."

update 2:
"Bug Fixes Java SE 7u2 does not add any fixes for security vulnerabilities
beyond those in Java SE 7u1. Users who have Java SE 7u1 have the latest
security fixes and do not need to upgrade to this release to be current on
security fixes."

update 3:
"Bug Fixes This release contains fixes for security vulnerabilities. For
more information, see Oracle Java SE Critical Patch Update Advisory."

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/ja...es-507962.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/ja...s-1394228.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/ja...s-1481928.html

I'd be happy to be proven wrong, and I'd be greatful if anyone could help
me find a more complete list of issues relsolved for each 7uN release.

--
Fredrik Jonson

Fredrik Jonson

Lew wrote:
> On Thursday, February 16, 2012 10:21:50 AM UTC-8, Fredrik Jonson wrote:
>
> > Maybe You're correct, I'm no authority, just calling it as I see it. I'm
> > curious, do you have a authoritative source for your statement?
>
> Yes, I looked it up on Oracle's Java page. They issue release notes for
> every version.

Hey, Lew, I know that. And you know that I know because I actually link to
no less than three release notes only a few sentences further down in the
message from me that you quote.

I was asking for a reference that explicitly documents Oracles release
system and especially if they have - or do not have - any form of a even/odd
release schedule or something in that way.

--
Fredrik Jonson

Volker Borchert

Fredrik Jonson wrote:
> In <4f3c55ee$0$290$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> Arne Vajh??j wrote:
>
> > As far as I can see then OpenJDK does not even have a u3 only
> > u2 and u4.
>
> It seems that oracle have reserved odd releases solely for security updates,
> while feature releases are even numbered. I'm not suprised that they do the
> even numbered releases out in the open with openjdk, while keeping the odd
> releases with security fixes secret as long as possible.

I have been wondering for some time why they put major changes into
updates rather than teeny versions, e.g. 1.6.0_10 rather than 1.6.1

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