[Mageia-dev] sun java issue for mga 1 handling

[Colin Guthrie]

'Twas brillig, and Guillaume Rousse at 22/04/12 19:01 did gyre and gimble:
> Despite not realling blocking for mageia 2 release, the issue is still
> to address, the sooner the better.
> 
> Here are the previous discussion references:
> https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3101
> https://www.mageia.org/pipermail/mageia-dev/2012-March/013649.html
> 
> Various proposal sofar:
> 1) provide an upgrade package with current content and some README.urpmi
> file telling to fetch it from oracle
> 2) provide an upgrade package with just the README.urpmi file
> 3) provide an upgrade package with some kind of automated downloading
> script
> 
> We need both a consensus and someone to implement it, preferentially the
> maintainer of course.
> 
> I personally think 3 is way too much work for the added value, and 2
> seem both the easiest and safer option.

I vote 2.

Col


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