Re: Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 5 Developer Preview (9M3092)

I completely agree with you. We just have one Mac mini to test our
applications on the Mac. I'm not going to install any preview that I can't
uninstall, because I need to be able to have a "real-world" system to test
our applications with the same system components like our application users.

I'm not sure whether it is allowed to and/or easily possible to install a
second test OS X 10.5 parallel to the normal one, so I can help Apple to
verify whether their bugs are fixed in their software.

--
Best regards,
Thomas Singer


Erik Larsson wrote:
> Mike Swingler wrote:
>> Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 5 updates Java SE 6, Java SE 5.0 and
>> J2SE 1.4 to deliver improved compatibility, security, and address a
>> number of regressions. This preview requires Mac OS X 10.5.7 or later.
>> Please read the Release Notes for more details, even if you can't
>> install the build.
> 
> I think a lot more people would be willing to "take the leap" to a
> preview release if there was some kind of rollback/uninstall mechanism
> that could restore the previous version of Java.
> This goes for the entire operating system of course. It's very easy to
> install software, but very hard to remove it if it contains more than a
> single component (like a .app). Even Windows has better mechanisms for
> this.
> 
> I'm very hesitant myself. Even though I'd love to help out in finding
> bugs and improve the quality of Java on Mac OS X, I also need to be able
> to do my work. You don't often have a dedicated machine that you can use
> for testing new software updates from Apple (at least not when you're a
> single developer, or work at a small company).
> 
> I think Apple should be concerned... what happened in Java Update 4
> shows clearly what can happen when not enough people are willing to test
> a new update.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> - Erik

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