OpenJDK vs Sun JDK Versions

[David Herron]

I posted a decoder ring about this a few months ago.

http://weblogs.java.net/blog/robogeek/archive/2009/01/it_will_be_open.html

It doesn't answer your precise question but should give you a hint or two.
Specifically OpenJDK 6 != JDK 6.

- David Herron
http://davidherron.com


On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 2:33 PM, Keith Kowalczykowski <keith at app2you.com>wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
>
>    I'm a little bit confused about the version numbering of openjdk 6 vs
> the current JDK provided by Sun. Looking at an install of openjdk from
> debian (lenny), it lists itself as:
>
> java version "1.6.0_0"
> OpenJDK  Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_0-b11)
>
> Now, if I'm reading this correctly, this is essentially "update 0" or the
> initial release of the jdk. Therefore, I have two questions:
>
> 1) Am I reading this correctly? In the sun jdk, the _X would be the update
> number, so I'm assuming this is update 0.
>
> 2) Assuming I'm reading this correctly, why aren't any of the updates in
> the
> open JDK?
>
> Thanks in advance for you help.
>
>    -Keith
>
>
>
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