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Re: Warning, bad Java

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On 10/7/2016 11:32 AM, Eric Douglas wrote:
> The JDK download page has 2 versions available, 101 and 102.
> Apparently there's a bug in 102 that's not in 101, and the bug report
> says it's been fixed but the fix is in the next release which is not
> yet available. The download page doesn't say which version to
> download, just that 102 has "some new features" which are not in 101,
> so I tried the 102 and it's been hanging.
>
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8161700

Well - that is why Oracle put out the N and N+1 versions.

N is the safe choice. N+1 is latest and greatest.

I think that in general N+1 are quite safe. But there is
a risk. And apparently something slipped into 102.

It does probably not help that JNLP is so little used as
it is. Less focus.

Arne

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Warning, bad Java Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2016-10-07 08:32 -0700
  Re: Warning, bad Java j4n bur53 <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2016-10-07 22:37 +0200
    Re: Warning, bad Java j4n bur53 <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2016-10-07 22:59 +0200
  Re: Warning, bad Java Silvio <silvio@internet.com> - 2016-10-08 12:00 +0200
  Re: Warning, bad Java Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2016-10-08 09:54 -0400
    Re: Warning, bad Java Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2016-10-10 05:07 -0700
      Re: Warning, bad Java Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2016-10-10 09:17 -0400

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