icedtea on production

[Andrew Haley]

Leonel Nunez writes:
 > > Leonel Nunez writes:
 > >  > Hello :
 > >  >
 > >  > Is icedtea ready for production
 > >
 > > IcedTea is derived from OpenJDK, Sun's open-source implementation of
 > > the Java SE platform.  At this time the build from which IcedTea was
 > > constructed corresponds to an early build of JDK 7.  When JDK 7
 > > is complete it will implement the Java SE 7 Platform Specification.
 > > Work on that specification is underway, but far from final.  Any APIs
 > > in the JDK 7 implementation, whether new or old, are therefore subject
 > > to minor adjustments, major revisions, or even outright removal
 > > between now and the time that the Java SE 7 Platform Specification is
 > > finalized.  Please take these facts into account before depending upon
 > > IcedTea.
 > 
 > So as long as I use only the current features  JDK6  there won't be any
 > changes  except for the binary blogs changes made I assume there won't be
 > problems.

OpenJDK is not compatible with JDK 6.  A version that is compatible
with JDK 6 has been proposed by Joe.Darcy at Sun.COM, and will be
forthcoming next year.

 > >  > or any brave icedtea fan using it in production ??
 > >
 > > IcedTea is in F8, and I don't doubt some brave souls will use F8 for
 > > that.
 > 
 > so there are not security updates for iced tea yet ??
 > 
 > I mean any security bug found in SUN's jdk and gets patched, that
 > patch will make it to icedtea ?

We are continuously updating IcedTea from OpenJDK.  If someone brings
a bug to our attention we'll try to get a fix in, but we're not going
to guarantee anything.  Really, if you care about security updates you
don't want something as bleeding-edge as this.

Andrew.

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