Ubuntu pulling sun java from partner archives.. Open JDK?

[Stuart Smith <st...@yahoo.com>]

Hello,
  Ubuntu is currently pulling the sun java plugin from ubuntu, and will be pulling all sun java packages from partner archives, replacing the current packages with empty ones. They have stated this will break all packages depending on Sun Java:

https://lwn.net/Articles/472466/

Thought I'd give a heads up to the list, and ask about solutions.
I've used openjdk with hadoop before, but shifted to sun java as recommended.

How bad is openjdk with hadoop? It seemed OK when I used it. I even accidently left one node with openjdk for a long time, and the rest with Sun, and it was fine.

Any thoughts? Recommendations?

(I'll cross-post on hadoop user, hopefully ppl don't get mad!)

Take care,
  -stu

Re: Ubuntu pulling sun java from partner archives.. Open JDK?

[Ulrich Staudinger <us...@activequant.org>]

Hey Stu,

I can just comment from my personal experiences with OpenJDK, which are not
entirely HBase related. Let's sum it up in one sentence: Use the Sun JDK
whenever possible.

Various tools, packages and libraries that I used - if i recall even maven
- used some classes or packages that were not present in the OpenJDK or
were not working as expected.

The first thing I do on a linux machine with OpenJDK on it is to replace it
with the Sun JDK.

Just one other thing, I really appreciate the efforts that go into OpenJDK
- great cudos - but I have been running constantly into issues where my
Java programs don't work as expected with it. Nonetheless I would like to
see a free JDK implementation.


My two cents,
Ulrich




On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 10:31 AM, Stuart Smith <st...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>   Ubuntu is currently pulling the sun java plugin from ubuntu, and will be
> pulling all sun java packages from partner archives, replacing the current
> packages with empty ones. They have stated this will break all packages
> depending on Sun Java:
>
> https://lwn.net/Articles/472466/
>
> Thought I'd give a heads up to the list, and ask about solutions.
> I've used openjdk with hadoop before, but shifted to sun java as
> recommended.
>
> How bad is openjdk with hadoop? It seemed OK when I used it. I even
> accidently left one node with openjdk for a long time, and the rest with
> Sun, and it was fine.
>
> Any thoughts? Recommendations?
>
> (I'll cross-post on hadoop user, hopefully ppl don't get mad!)
>
> Take care,
>   -stu
>



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