JDK 1.6.0_13 is out

[Roedy Green]

New release JDK 1.6.0_13 is out. Download at:

http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp

also a new release of JDK 1.5
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[Albert]

Roedy Green a écrit :

New release JDK 1.6.0_13 is out. Download at:

http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp

the release note is quite poor:
http://java.sun.com/javase/6/webnotes/6u13.html

 

[John B. Matthews]

Roedy Green a écrit :
the release note is quite poor:
http://java.sun.com/javase/6/webnotes/6u13.html

I see a dozen additions and bug fixes. What does poor mean in this
context?

 

[Maarten Bodewes]

I see a dozen additions and bug fixes. What does poor mean in this
context?

For a whole JDK release, that's pretty minor. It seems it's a simple way
to distribute a certificate store update, not much else. One could
wonder if that is enough to download the thing; all over the world
releasing a new JDK will mean a very large number of GB in downloads
only. And I won't download it because it would cost me too much time.

Maarten

 

[Arne Vajhøj]

For a whole JDK release, that's pretty minor. It seems it's a simple way
to distribute a certificate store update, not much else. One could
wonder if that is enough to download the thing; all over the world
releasing a new JDK will mean a very large number of GB in downloads
only. And I won't download it because it would cost me too much time.

I don't think I have ever seen a JDK fix that was not a complete
release.

Arne

 

[Mark Thornton]

For a whole JDK release, that's pretty minor. It seems it's a simple way
to distribute a certificate store update, not much else. One could
wonder if that is enough to download the thing; all over the world
releasing a new JDK will mean a very large number of GB in downloads
only. And I won't download it because it would cost me too much time.

Maarten

If you use the online installer for the JRE, then the download is much
smaller. Doesn't help with the JDK, but developers just have to suffer ...

As for the small number of fixes, the current policy appears to be that
odd numbered updates just have bug fixes and things like time zone
updates. The even numbered updates are more substantial. So quite a bit
new is scheduled for update 14.

Mark Thornton

 

[Eric Sosman]

For a whole JDK release, that's pretty minor. It seems it's a simple way
to distribute a certificate store update, not much else. One could
wonder if that is enough to download the thing; all over the world
releasing a new JDK will mean a very large number of GB in downloads
only. And I won't download it because it would cost me too much time.

Are you saying that bug fixes should not be distributed
until there's a big pile of them? "Maarten, we've fixed the
bug that breaks your code, but we're not going to release the
fix until we've got three or four dozen other fixes to keep
it company. Try to be patient."