Ever a Windows ZIP to install?

[Rahman USTA]

If I remember right, forcing Windows installer is about an ads on the
installer. I always hate to install JDK with installer on Windows.

If anyone there want to be "developer friendly", please, release JDK
releases as simple zip archive.

Thanks.

2016-07-12 11:17 GMT+03:00 Alan Bateman <Alan.Bateman at oracle.com>:

> On 11/07/2016 18:30, Uwe Schindler wrote:
>
> :
>>
>> As far as I know, there is no reason to *require* an Windows installer,
>> so I'd suggest to maybe provide both options. People who want the windows
>> installer and also automatically install a public JRE can do so with the
>> installer, all others just unzip!
>>
>> AFAIK, one of the reasons why the Windows download has the installer is
> to register the location of the JRE or JDK in the Windows registry. I
> completely agree that this is just not interesting in most server or
> developer environments. Best to follow-up with Rory on this issue as
> feedback on the EA builds. As noted previously the Jigsaw EA builds have
> zip or tar balls for all platforms.
>
> -Alan
>



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