Re: Java 8u40 released: why?

[Alexander Burke <alex () alexburke ca>]

Java 8u40 includes adware on OS X for the first time ever:

http://www.zdnet.com/article/oracle-extends-its-adware-bundling-to-include-java-for-macs/

Sorry for the poor quality of the link; I don't have time to find a better one.

— Alex



El 06/03/2015, a les 21:02, paul.szabo () sydney edu au va escriure:
> > > I notice that Java (JDK, JRE) update 8u40 has been released.
> > > Though
> > >  http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html
> > > says "this release includes important security fixes" ...
> >
> > My reading of the first WWW page is that only Java SE 7 u75/76 contains
> > security fixes and that there are no security fixes in Java SE 8 u40.
>
> Yes, they changed the wording since I wrote that! Noting that 7u75/76
> are not new now, but were released in January.
>
> Seems that 8u40 is simply a useability release; previous must have been
> very bad, unusual that Oracle would release out-of-band.
>
> Thanks, Paul
>
> Paul Szabo   psz () maths usyd edu au   http://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/u/psz/
> School of Mathematics and Statistics   University of Sydney    Australia
>
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