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Re: [Cooker] Java for 2008.1

by Gustavo De Nardin (spuk) :: Rate this Message:

* Adam Williamson <awilliamson@...> [2007-12-17 09:58 -0800]:

> What's going to be the Java installation plan for 2008.1?
>
> It would seem to be a no-brainer to have the Iced Tea browser plugin
> installed by default in Free. How about One and Powerpack? Do we have
> any plan to evaluate whether Iced Tea is of good enough quality to
> replace upstream Sun Java as the default? I think we should prefer this,
> if possible, on the basis of open source being Good.
>
> A similar question could be asked about Flash, actually. I've been
> trying out Gnash again lately and found it a lot better than last time
> (doesn't use 100% CPU playing back YouTube videos any more). Is this
> being evaluated too?

What about swfdec? Some friends have been saying good things about it,
should be avaluated too, I think.

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