[X4U] Java Versions

John Baltutis baltwo at san.rr.com
Fri Jul 28 18:01:35 PDT 2006


On 07/26/06,  Lee Licata <lazilicata at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> In that folder, i have folders for versions 1.3, 1.3.1, 1.4, 1.4.2,
> 1.5, 1.50, A, Current, and CurrentJDK.
>
> Alias folders 1.3, 1.4, and 1.5 point to 1.3.1, 1.4.2, and 1.5.0
> respectively.
>
> Alias folder Current points to Folder "A". (I cannot tell what
> version resides in folder "A" but I have to presume (maybe very
> wrong) that it is version 1.5.0.)
>
> Alias folder CurrentJDK points to folder 1.5.0.
>
> ( I guess this makes sense to someone, because it sure does not to
> me.) (But that is not the question....)
>
> I thought I read somewhere, maybe when installing version 1.5 that
> Apple was retaining version 1.4.2 because some sites have not updated
> to version 1.5.
>
> So, in your opinion, what versions, if any, can I toss?

I'm not Rod, but why? They don't take up much room. The only thing I don't
install is the documentation, since I'm not developing anything with them.


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