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

[Nick Boldt (JIRA)]

workflow/usability questions - Step 4: Select Java VM
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                 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? 



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