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Opened 5 years ago

Closed 5 years ago

Last modified 5 years ago

#19500 closed defect (wontfix)

Java WebStart is not available in standard Oracle Java distributive.

Reported by: kos32@… Owned by: team
Priority: normal Milestone:
Component: Wiki content Version:
Keywords: Cc:

Description

I did not use JOSM a few years and today I was not able to use it because Oracle killed Java WebStart.
https://jaxenter.com/java-web-start-openwebstart-160913.html
(I use JDK 14)

Please update documentation that refers to "javaws.exe" at
https://josm.openstreetmap.de/wiki/Download#Webstart

Change History (4)

comment:1 by stoecker, 5 years ago

Resolution: wontfix
Status: newclosed

JOSM is still an Java 8 application, so there is no reason to change our docs.

Anyway even for Java 11 or higher there are alternatives for Webstart. Search for AdoptOpenJDK and Icedtea-web.

Situation is not perfect, but seems to improve every month.

I wouldn't recommend using Oracle Java. Use OpenJDK. Using Linux myself Oracle java wasn't useful for a long time now :-)

comment:2 by Klumbumbus, 5 years ago

comment:3 by stoecker, 5 years ago

Changed to be more positive :-)

comment:4 by kos32@…, 5 years ago

Thanks for the clarification :)

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