@ all :-
Following a request to rockedge - upon realising we didn't have a readily-available location for Java (JRE/Iced Tea) applications, etc. - I just want to announce that we now have a dedicated sub-forum for this cross-platform software.
You can find it here:-
Cheers, Erik! 
Mike. 
amethyst wrote: Mon Mar 29, 2021 5:27 pmYes and may I suggest Java sub-sections for 32-bit and 64-bit like we did with WINE. Useful for applications.
Good idea. Will be done.
I will just add this here:-
Don't forget; it's only the Java runtime packages themselves that are arch-specific, yes? Any Java applications are, by their very nature, designed to be arch- AND platform-agnostic.
This being the case, I feel we actually need the main body of the forum "unlocked".....because THAT is where all the application threads should go. Make sense?
I agree the 32-bit & 64-bit sub-forums should stay, because that's where we'll post the actual run-time packages. Makes perfect sense to keep the "arches" separate for that, but AFAIK, there is no such thing as a 32-bit or 64-bit Java app or software package...... Such a thing makes a nonsense of the whole concept of JAVA, if you think about it..!
Anybody disagree with that?
Mike.
@mikewalsh
That makes sense now that I thought about. I removed the 32 bit 64 bit sub sections and we'll try this out for size.
rockedge wrote: Mon Mar 29, 2021 9:10 pm@mikewalsh
That makes sense now that I thought about. I removed the 32 bit 64 bit sub sections and we'll try this out for size.
Right you are. Let's see how it goes...
Mike.
mikewalsh wrote: Mon Mar 29, 2021 6:07 pm@rockedge / @amethyst :-
I will just add this here:-
Don't forget; it's only the Java runtime packages themselves that are arch-specific, yes? Any Java applications are, by their very nature, designed to be arch- AND platform-agnostic.
This being the case, I feel we actually need the main body of the forum "unlocked".....because THAT is where all the application threads should go. Make sense?
I agree the 32-bit & 64-bit sub-forums should stay, because that's where we'll post the actual run-time packages. Makes perfect sense to keep the "arches" separate for that, but AFAIK, there is no such thing as a 32-bit or 64-bit Java app or software package...... Such a thing makes a nonsense of the whole concept of JAVA, if you think about it..!
Anybody disagree with that?
Mike.
That's mostly true. However, there are exceptions like the JNI - java native interface and also some things might not be available in some systems. For instance, one likely couldn't use a swing based GUI on an android phone.
