[jbosstools-issues] [JBoss JIRA] Work started: (RHDS-183) jre installation page is worse than having no page

[Daniel Azarov (JIRA)]

     [ http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/RHDS-183?page=all ]

Work on RHDS-183 started by Daniel Azarov.

> jre installation page is worse than having no page
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>
>                 Key: RHDS-183
>                 URL: http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/RHDS-183
>             Project: Red Hat Developer Studio
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: installer
>    Affects Versions: 1.0.0.beta1
>            Reporter: Max Andersen
>         Assigned To: Daniel Azarov
>            Priority: Blocker
>             Fix For: 1.0.0.beta2
>
>
> 1) I should not be required to select one if i dont' want it hardcoded
> 2) the text says "Red Hat Developer needs a J..." ..what does that mean ? what should I select ? (I would expect a jre/jdk root folder and then the page would figure out the actual vm/file to choose)
> 3) it does not prefill with the vm i'm already running with
> 4) the button is cut of in the layout
> 5) it does not check if im selecting a gcj or not
> 6) pressing browse is *slooow* (maybe just java filechooser and my machine...but looks suspicious)
> 7) I can select any folder and it accepts it (which then ofcourse fails when I launch the ide)
> 8) it does not test if I acidently selects GCJ java which is what we are trying to avoid
> ...in short: if you don't know *exactly* what you need to point to (and most users won't) so our users won't get through the installer.
> My suggestion is that we fix all of the above and provide two options:
> 1) Use default Java
> 2) Select alternate java: [ selection field as now, but prefilled with the running one ]
> And then put a warning if the selected is an GCJ (option 1: check the running vm, option 2: check the selected vm) so users are aware that using GCJ can be an issue; but is not forced do anything if the default one is fine.

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