JDK

[Chris Jones]

On 31/03/16 16:50, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> On Mar 31, 2016, at 10:47 AM, Abdulrahman Alshammari wrote:
>> On Mar 31, 2016, at 11:26 AM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
>>> On Mar 31, 2016, at 10:00 AM, Abdulrahman Alshammari wrote:
>>>
>>>> Someone told me that I can download JDk from macports. However, I could not find the any port belong to this. What I need is to update my JDK version without going to Oracle website.
>>>
>>> I'm not aware of a port that provides the JDK. Why don't you want to download it from Oracle?
>>
>> Because I want to make it as a dependency for other software. Is there any way. I remember your suggestion about jdk checker, but it will be better if I can download it.
>
> Hmm. We have a port for oracle-instantclient, but we are not able to download its distfiles automatically due to restrictions imposed by the Oracle web site; they require agreeing to a license agreement first. So installing that port is somewhat inconvenient for users. I don't know if the JDK has similar restrictions. In any case, the JDK probably needs to install into system locations, so it would not be suitable for installing via a port. I think we just expect the user to install the JDK manually. The JDK used to be part of OS X, so it was a non-issue, and we haven't really developed a better strategy now that JDK is separate.
>

I think given the nature of the JDK is really is not something we want 
macports installing automatically for a user. I for one would want to be 
made very aware when its required. So I think really the right thing to 
do here is to just check if it is available, and if not issue a message 
to the user telling them what to do to install it themselves (at which 
point they can decide if they really want the port that requires it...).

Chris

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