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This isn't how Java works anymore. The developers are supposed to be packaging the JVM with their application.
by vips7L 5y ago
This isn't how Java works anymore. The developers are supposed to be packaging the JVM with their application.
- d0mine 5y agoFor some languages developers package a whole browser for their app.
- elric 5y agoNo, they're not. It's a silly idea with a pretty specific target audience. Most shops don't have time to waste on keeping their customers' JVM up to date by re-releasing their applications with new JVMs. This feature is mostly useful when you want to ship a particularly stripped down version of the JVM for footprint reasons.
- blandflakes 5y agoWith docker, effectively we're ending up in that world anyway (lamentable though I find it).