MACOSX_PORT-105 - Create a .jre bundle, suitable for embedding in a .app

[John Yeary]

I was looking for a clue about it using OpenJDK, and I did not find
anything. Do you know it uses it for sure?

On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 9:37 PM, Mike Swingler <swingler at apple.com> wrote:

> There is already an app that does this by embedding OpenJDK: <
> http://cyberduck.ch/appstore>.
>
> MACOSX_PORT-105 would make part of the process easier, but you'd also have
> to strip out the X11-dependent libraries so you wouldn't be using any other
> optionally installed components.
>
> Regards,
> Mike Swingler
> Java Engineering
> Apple Inc.
>
> On Jun 14, 2011, at 11:55 AM, John Yeary wrote:
>
> > That is an interesting and positive observation. Mr. Swingler do you wish
> to
> > comment? I like the idea.
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 2:04 PM, Joern Huxhorn <jhuxhorn at googlemail.com
> >wrote:
> >
> >> Would http://java.net/jira/browse/MACOSX_PORT-105 open the door into
> the
> >> Mac AppStore for Java applications?
> >>
> >> It certainly seems so to me...
>
>


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