the heaviest of JDK components now downloadable

Aryeh M. Friedman aryeh.friedman at gmail.com
Fri Nov 16 08:49:12 PST 2007


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Mikhail Teterin wrote:
> Hello!
>
> The biggest pieces of JDK16 source can be downloaded directly from
> Sun -- there is no need any more to send users to Sun's web-site
> for them.
>
> The attached patch not only makes downloading simpler, it also
> preserves the timestamp of the downloaded files -- something, that
> browsers universally omit.
>
> Yours,
>
> -mi
>
> P.S. Any version of cups library would do, right?

This has been true since 1.5 but as far I can tell the foundation
wants to be extra careful (for example there is no reason why diablo
needs to be a seperate download also).... I for one would vote for
going the linux/windows/macosx route and allow direct download


- --
Aryeh M. Friedman
Developer, not business, friendly
http://www.flosoft-systems.com
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