linux-sun-jdk12 unfetchable

[Sander Vesik]

On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 18:41:31 -0800, Kris Kennaway <kris at obsecurity.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 09, 2004 at 09:23:42PM -0500, Iang wrote:
> 
> 
> >
> > >> http://java.sun.com/webapps/download/Display?BundleId=9153
> > >>
> > >> no longer works.  Is this product still fetchable?
> > >>
> > >> Kris
> > >
> > > Same with j2sdkee13 and
> > >
> > > http://java.sun.com/webapps/download/Display?BundleId=9405
> >
> >
> > Sun has a very aggressive support calendar.  From
> > memory, once a release has been out for 6 months,
> > the previous release is given a 6 month window, and
> > after that it disappears from the site.  They actually
> > delete all the downloads.  So, in effect, there is
> > only a 12 month window to upgrade to the current
> > release, before you get into all sorts of hot water.
> >
> > So I'd not be surprised if 1.3 was already gone,
> > and also 1.4.1 is probably close to expiry as well;
> > with the clock ticking on 1.4.2 as well.
> 
> 1.3 is still fetchable, at least for now.
> 
> If 1.2 is not available any more, we should delete the port (and
> anything that still depends on it) since it cannot be fetched from
> anywhere else.

1.2.2 (more precicely 1.2.2_017) is definitiely still availlable. Its
just available from a different location -
http://java.sun.com/products/archive/j2se/1.2.2_017/ as it is rather
old and has been archived. A *LOT* of different java versions is
available from the archive master page at
http://java.sun.com/products/archive/index.html

The description of the EOL policy is here -
http://java.sun.com/products/archive/eol.policy.html

> 
> Kris
>