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Java SE 6u24

17 points by rschildmeijer 16y ago

rschildmeijer 16y ago
the famous floating point glitch seems to fixed
- nbpoole 16y ago
  They've had that available for a week: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html#fpupdater http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/inde... This fixes a number of other vulnerabilities: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpufeb2011-304611.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpufeb...
  - pasbesoin 16y ago
    Also, as I understand it from another story, 6u24 doesn't break the update mechanism, while the FP bug patch does/did. Ah, here's the mention, in the ReadMe link located in your first linked document: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/fpupdater-tool-readme-305936.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/fpupdater-tool... The FPUpdater tool is not intended for use on systems managed through auto-update as this will disable future auto-updates. We recommend that you wait until the next Critical Patch Update (CPU) when you can update your installation by going to http://java.com/latest http://java.com/latest . (Whether you want auto-update is, I guess, a separate question, though not an insignificant one.)
netmau5 16y ago
So it's now "Java for Business"...
blinkingled 16y ago
They can't seem to get auto update working for Windows 64-bit JDK. Need to uninstall and install on every update. May be by JDK 8 or so we might have a chance of getting that.
pkulak 16y ago
When do we get closures?
- Teckla 16y ago
  It has been extremely well documented that closures are planned for Java 8. If you absolutely, positively can't wait, anonymous inner classes are your best work-around at the moment. However, it turns out you can, in fact, get by without closures. Or is this just a thinly veiled attempt to insult the current state of Java? If so, it might be more productive to simply choose a different programming language that you like better.
  - pkulak 16y ago
    Whoa! Slow down, buddy. Didn't mean to push your buttons there. You're right, I do get by just fine using inner classes, and will continue to do so. I was just wondering for the pure convenience of making code prettier.

Java SE 6u24

17 points by rschildmeijer 16y ago

rschildmeijer 16y ago

the famous floating point glitch seems to fixed

nbpoole 16y ago
They've had that available for a week: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html#fpupdater http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/inde... This fixes a number of other vulnerabilities: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpufeb2011-304611.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpufeb...
- pasbesoin 16y ago
  Also, as I understand it from another story, 6u24 doesn't break the update mechanism, while the FP bug patch does/did. Ah, here's the mention, in the ReadMe link located in your first linked document: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/fpupdater-tool-readme-305936.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/fpupdater-tool... The FPUpdater tool is not intended for use on systems managed through auto-update as this will disable future auto-updates. We recommend that you wait until the next Critical Patch Update (CPU) when you can update your installation by going to http://java.com/latest http://java.com/latest . (Whether you want auto-update is, I guess, a separate question, though not an insignificant one.)

netmau5 16y ago

So it's now "Java for Business"...

blinkingled 16y ago

They can't seem to get auto update working for Windows 64-bit JDK. Need to uninstall and install on every update. May be by JDK 8 or so we might have a chance of getting that.

pkulak 16y ago

When do we get closures?

Teckla 16y ago
It has been extremely well documented that closures are planned for Java 8. If you absolutely, positively can't wait, anonymous inner classes are your best work-around at the moment. However, it turns out you can, in fact, get by without closures. Or is this just a thinly veiled attempt to insult the current state of Java? If so, it might be more productive to simply choose a different programming language that you like better.
- pkulak 16y ago
  Whoa! Slow down, buddy. Didn't mean to push your buttons there. You're right, I do get by just fine using inner classes, and will continue to do so. I was just wondering for the pure convenience of making code prettier.