[jbosstools-issues] [JBoss JIRA] Commented: (JBDS-535) workflow/usability questions - Step 4: Select Java VM

workflow/usability questions - Step 4: Select Java VM ----------------------------------------------------- Key: JBDS-535 URL: https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JBDS-535 Project: Developer Studio Issue Type: Quality Risk Components: installer Affects Versions: 2.0.0.cr1 Reporter: Nick Boldt Assignee: Max Rydahl Andersen Attachments: Screenshot- JBoss Developer Studio 2.0.0.CR1.png Actually, it says "gij" but on my monitor the text is cut off and it looks like a q, not a g. Perhaps we could rework this as follows: "JBoss Developer Studio requires a Java 5 or later runtime. Gnu Java (gij) is not supported; Open JDK 6 is recommended. Choose the Java VM to use with JBoss Developer Studio. ( ) Default Java VM (defined by PATH) ( ) Alternate Java VM (user-defined)" Of course that assumes that JDBS *does in fact support JDK6*, and that we'd like to encourage people to use the latest and greatest Open JDK [1] (offered OOTB in Fedora 9 and later [2]), rather than letting them pick Sun, IBM, or BEA's JDKs. [1] http://openjdk.java.net/ [2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/JavaFAQ Also, does the installer check if the version of java used to run it is a compatible one? For example, will the installer run with 1.4, or with blackdown or gij, but require that JBDS itself use 5.0+? And, since this selection is a prereq before JBDS will work at all, should this page be step 1, not 4?