[lug] java2-compatible?

[D. Stimits]

"Scott A. Herod" wrote:
> 
> "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.

I'm convinced. I'll download 1.3 from sun.

D. Stimits, stimits at idcomm.com

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