[Mageia-discuss] FF java plugin

[TJ]

On 09/09/2012 06:09 AM, Charles A Edwards wrote:
> On Sun, 09 Sep 2012 05:53:29 -0400
> Marc Paré wrote:
>
>> Hmm, something changed and I can no longer play java applets! My java
>> was just updated to java-1.7.0-openjdk, but, I am not sure if this is
>> when I lost my java plugin; it may have happened a little while ago
>> before the update.
>>
>> How do I go about installing a java plugin on my FF (Mageia2, 64bit
>> box).
>
>
> For openjdk you need the icedtea-web rpm.
>
>
>      Charles
>
And the icedtea-web plugin from the Mageia 2 repositories works with 
openjdk 1.6.x, not 1.7.x. I'm told by one of the Mageia developers that 
because Mageia's icedtea-web uses that openjdk, it is not susceptible to 
the zero-day bug plaguing Oracle's jre 1.7.x versions. Both openjdk 
versions have been installed on my 32-bit system.

Icedtea-web 1.3 was released a few days ago. It may find its way into 
Mageia 2 if there are important bug and/or security fixes, but my guess 
is we will have to wait for Mageia 3.

TJ