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

An emphatic +1!

- Tim

Rob Ross wrote:
> On Jul 30, 2009, at 7:57 AM, Mike Swingler wrote:
>
> > We are concerned, and we are considering doing something a little 
> > different (which I discussed in 
> > <http://lists.apple.com/archives/java-dev/2009/Jul/msg00058.html>). 
> > Creating an exhaustive uninstaller may not be possible given the 
> > existing Installer.app, but I think the ability to lay down parallel 
> > JDK's and switch between them is something that the Java team could 
> > do to provide a high pay-off to the early adopters ability to test 
> > and regress bugs.
>
>
> This would be WONDERFUL if you could do this. I know people around 
> here hate to hear how "windows does it", but seriously, this makes 
> testing new versions easy on windows.
>
> I just have to :
>
> 1. Download & install new JDK (which does NOT touch existing JDK 
> 'installation') into new folder of my choosing
> 2. Change my JAVA_HOME environment variable to the JDK I want to be 
> "active."
> 3. Run/test Java programs.
> 4. When done, change environment variable back to previous value.
>
> Also, at any time, if I get a report of a bug for a particular JDK on 
> Windows, I just temporarily change the env variable to point to that 
> JDK version I want to test (I keep all previous JDKs for testing) , 
> and when done change the env variable back.
>
> It makes it painless to test and install new JDK versions on Windows, 
> and I'd LOVE to have this same easy ability on the Mac!
>
> Thanks for even thinking about doing this Mike.
>
>
> Rob
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