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

[Nick Boldt (JIRA)]

    [ https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JBDS-535?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=12443694#action_12443694 ] 

Nick Boldt commented on JBDS-535:
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OK, no problem re: Open JDK6. Stats from sourceforge suggest that 10x the number of linux users are on Windows, so I guess we're good to stick w/ Sun 5.0

Sequence of pages:

It's not a big diff, I'm just asking questions. That's why I chose "Quality Risk" rather than Bug for this issue. If you're happy w/ things the way they are, this can be closed as worksforme or invalid.

Another possible variation on the copy:

"JBoss Developer Studio requires a Java 5 runtime; Gnu Java (gij) is not supported. Choose the Java VM to use with JBoss Developer Studio.
( ) Default Java VM (defined by PATH)
( ) Alternate Java VM (user-defined)" 

> 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? 

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