icedtea on production

[Leonel Nunez]

> 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.
>

I was thinking that

Thank you very much


> Andrew.
>
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Leonel