Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (464 mails)

[Andreas Vetter <vetter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

I know this is a overly and overly discussed topic. But nevertheless ...

11.0 is said to be the base of SLE11. So we need a Java capable browser on 
x86_64 systems. Here comes why:
Remember all those RAID arrays, tape libraries, UPS, ... requiring a Java 
enabled browser to configure or administrate them. You better don't have 
them in your normal net, where your workstation is, but in a dedicated 
private net containing only servers. And no, I don't want to buy an extra 
machine for that and install a 32bit system on it.

So please consider to supply either Firefox or Seamonkey as 32bit packages 
on a x86_64 installation without the need for manually forcing the
packages (and dependencies too) from 64 to 32 bit.

I know the standard reason against is "Sun has to give us a 64 bit 
plugin". But again we need a working Java enabled browser on 64 bit 
installations. And everybody who ever tried to use opera or konqueror and 
Java knows what I mean by "working".

-- 
Best regards,
  Andreas Vetter

Fakultaet fuer Physik und Astronomie
Universitaet Wuerzburg             
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