[Libreoffice] Java screws el reg ...

[Jonathan Aquilina]

If your gonna kill the java parts of LO for mac whats the advantage of 
keeping it for other os's. Without the java bits is it possible we can 
gain further performance improvements and over all size reduction?

On 01/07/2011 16:30, Michael Meeks wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> 	So:
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/07/01/mac_os_x_10_point_7_preview/page2.html
>
> 	Java has been dropped, too, but there is slightly more hope for
> 	Java users: the first time you try to run a Java app, the OS
> 	will offer to download and install one for you. This is helpful
> 	but not ideal – so, for instance, to offer an entirely
> 	hypothetical scenario, if you had just installed LibreOffice and
> 	written a few hundred words of copy, you wouldn't be able to
> 	save your work if no JVM had been installed when the program was
> 	launched. Apparently the file-saving functionality is one of the
> 	Java bits and LibreOffice needs a restart for saving to work.
> 	Who knew?
>
> 	Looks bad; it seems we screwed over Liam; hopefully he could copy/paste
> out of it, but ...
>
> 	Is this really so ? it'd be great to isolate and kill whatever Java is
> required to save anything on Mac ?
>
> 	Thoughts ?
>
> 		Michael.
>