[evla-sw-discuss] Java 7 on EVLA

[Josh Malone]

On 2012-10-24 14:47, Kevin Ryan wrote:
> I just found out today that the EVLA will be switching to Java 7
> soon.  As in a week or two.  While Java for the Mac OS X is moving
> away from Apple and to Oracle control, it is still not ready for 
> prime
> time and OS X software updates still use Apple versions that do not
> include Java 7 (as far as I know).
>
> Java 7 can be fetched from Oracle as a stand-alone download (as
> opposed to a software update) but will only work on OS X 10.7 (Lion)
> or later.
>
> Josh Malone if you know anything about the near future of Java on
> Macs please feel free to chime in.

I can set up the infrastructure to push Oracle Java 7 to managed Macs 
on demand -- I expect I could have it ready and basic testing completed 
by the 31st if necessary. I would prefer to wait for NRAO's CCE groups 
to declare general availability for Java 7 for all platforms before 
pushing OJ7 to all NRAO Macs.

Input from other admins on this matter would be appreciated.

Notes to Mac admins:  We can set up a "condition" in Munki that would 
detect the presence of EVLA software on a Mac and use this condition to 
auto-trigger installation of Java 7. Or we can manually add it to 
appropriate manifests. I'm cool with either way. I do need to figure out 
how to handle upgrades from Java 6 to Java 6; We may need to call Java 7 
a different product (like we do with Office 7 vs 11) to allow easy 
manifest editing. I'll sort this out next week when I'm back from Apple 
training.

-Josh

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