[icedtea-web] RFC: use an actual number as the JDK_UPDATE_VERSION for plugin

Omair Majid omajid at redhat.com
Mon Nov 8 13:49:38 PST 2010


On 11/08/2010 04:18 PM, Deepak Bhole wrote:
> * Omair Majid<omajid at redhat.com>  [2010-11-08 16:16]:
>> Hi,
>>
>> The IcedTea builds used to pass in a value for JDK_UPDATE_VERSION
>> when building the plugin, which was left out when IcedTea-Web was
>> created. This patch defines this variable and sets it to an
>> arbitrary value.
>>
>> Without this patch, about:plugins in firefox shows that the plugin
>> supports the mime type
>> "application/x-java-applet;jpi-version=1.6.0_". This seems to cause
>> issues with the deployJava.js script - the users get redirected to
>> the Java download page. Adding any value after the _ is enough to
>> make applets using deployJava.js work with the plugin.
>>
>> The following web page can be used as a reproducer:
>> http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/deployment/applet/examples/dist/applet_Draggable/AppletPage.html
>>
>> ChangeLog:
>> 2010-11-08  Omair Majid<omajid at redhat.com>
>>
>>      * Makefile.am (JDKJDK_UPDATE_VERSION): Define variable.
>>
>
> Minor typo up there.
>
> Looks fine otherwise. Ok for HEAD.
>

Doh. Fixed and pushed.

Thanks,
Omair



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