[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 50371] CONFIGURATION: JRE 7.x incompatibility not resolved

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50371

--- Comment #20 from V Stuart Foote <vstuart.foote at utsa.edu> 2012-07-07 07:49:00 PDT ---
(In reply to comment #19)

> My lesson keep Java 1.6 the more longer time (but i will be hardiest, Oracle
> hide java 1.6 for a fresh install).
> 

Perfectly fine to keep using Java 1.6, most Linux distributions do. But users
must work to configure and maintain them intact. The English language versions
of of Java 1.6 release are available for public download here:

http://www.java.com/en/download/manual_v6.jsp

> Dev, i wish in a little time, LibO don't need java.

Not necessarily the best outcome. Java and the Java UNO components provide
multiple services in LibreOffice. HSQLDB 1.8 remains entrenched in LibreOffice,
and while it appears that OpenOffice is moving forward with HSQLDB 2.2
bundle--efforts to adopt SQLite as embedded DB for Base appear not to be
viable. An HSQLDB 2.2 upgrade for LibreOffice presents problems. And adopting
FireBird would be viable but needs a lot of work but still would need to
maintain JRE for legacy HSQLDB 1.8 support
(refs --  
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44854
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=51781 and
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=51780 )

Beyond the embedded database support, a number of GUI functions and reporting
tools remain dependent on the presence of a JRE and its UNO interfaces. 

But THE primary requirement to maintain integration of Java JRE is operation of
LibreOffice's Accessibility - Assistive Technology tools. They absolutely
depend on a JRE and the Oracle Java Access Bridge. Remove Java and you remove
existing Accessibility support for both Windows, and Linux (where Orca has JRE
dependencies)! The IAccessible2 effort may extend the Microsoft MSAA base to
replace the Java AT-SPI for Windows based users, but does nothing for Linux.
Apple takes care of its environment with VoiceOver--but support for VoiceOver
API in LibreOffice is only being talked about. So OSX users remain dependent on
a the Java Access Bridge bundled by Apple with their builds of the JRE.

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