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Given many people's opinion of Java, and the mess of installing Java on windows (where the installer installs adware), I would prefer something which went as fa
by CJefferson 11y ago
Given many people's opinion of Java, and the mess of installing Java on windows (where the installer installs adware), I would prefer something which went as far as packaging a private JVM, so my users didn't even know (or have to care about the fact) I was using Java.
- kodablah 11y agoThis exists in the Java 8 JDK: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/guides/deploy/self-contained-packaging.html https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/guides/deplo...
- pron 11y agoBut such solutions already exist. While Capsule does have a caplet that targets the desktop but intentionally doesn't install its own JRE so that security and other updates could be installed -- some prefer it that way -- it is mostly geared towards server-side uses, where bundling a JRE is usually not the best solution.