Re: OpenJDK instead of Oracle's Java in the docs

Steven Rubin <[email protected]> Sun, 02 Sep 2012 09:37:34 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.comp.cad.electric.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
At 12:46 PM 8/31/2012, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>In the Electric documentation[1], the user is advised that Oracle's Java
>1.6 is required to run the program. However, Oracle's Java
>implementation is proprietary software. Meanwhile, OpenJDK is a free
>implementation that is mature and seems to be fully capable of running
>the program (at least based on my rudimentary testing).
>
>I think that, since Electric is a GNU program, it would be advisable to
>change to recommending OpenJDK as the requirement in the manual.

Excellent advice. I am always on the lookout for free Java 
opportunities to make Electric even more universal.

Thanks,
    -Steven Rubin