[Nix-dev] Java support in Firefox, or java in general

[Lluís Batlle i Rossell]

On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 05:21:55PM +0200, Vladimír Čunát wrote:
> On 24 May 2012 17:10, Lluís Batlle i Rossell <viric at viric.name> wrote:
> > Iirc, I tried once to upgrade java (to a nonworking version? :) because they had
> > a big security breach. Have you considered that?
> 
> Thanks, I didn't know. I use Java rarely (I've had the bad version for
> months without realizing it). What kind of breach it was?

I think the svn log has a note of it:
Updating the JDK6 to u32b03 due to some important security fix.
http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Critical-Java-hole-being-exploited-on-a-large-scale-1485681.html

> I don't know much about Java, but why do we use the 1.6 versions and
> not 1.7? 1.6 seems to become deprecated in a few months anyway...

There is 'openjdk'... I think Shlevy worked with it. I don't really know much
about what jvm we should use for java.

Any experts on the room having some opinion? As for me, if the jre plugin worked
in firefox without any known security breach, and programs like "freemind" could
work fine, that would be perfect.

Regards,
Lluís.