[lug] java2-compatible?

[Scott A. Herod]

"D. Stimits" wrote:
> 
> "D. Stimits" wrote:
> >
> > Ok, I'm told I need a java2 compatible java environment. My current 1.1
> > is not satisfactory, I'll either rip it out or install alongside it. But
> > looking at Blackdown, which is supposed to have a java2 version, I see
> > 1.x versions. Is jdk1.2 "java2 compatible"? I know somewhere in there is
> > a transition that does some sort of play on numbering/versioning. If not
> > 1.2, will it literally be named something like jdk2.0?
> >
> > The reason I'm looking at the blackdown version is because I've heard a
> > number of nice things about some of the widgets and extra classes that
> > come with blackdown, but if something else is better, I'll use that.
> >
> 
> More information to add to my quest. I went to java.sun.com, and see
> their standard edition listed as java2 is 1.3. But there is also a 1.4
> beta. Java versions seem to be a thorn in the side, can anyone suggest
> whether 1.3 or 1.4 beta is preferred for the java2 edition, if using the
> sun versions?
> 

Java 2 is really version 1.2.* ( and perhaps later, it's really stupid
).
You really should go up to 1.3.  Sun's java for linux is really
blackdown's
version.  It's all I use and I'm reasonably happy with it.