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diff --git a/dev-java/icedtea-web/files/README.gentoo-r1 b/dev-java/icedtea-web/files/README.gentoo-r1 deleted file mode 100644 index 219e14e7f7c3..000000000000 --- a/dev-java/icedtea-web/files/README.gentoo-r1 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,56 +0,0 @@ -Browser plugin --------------- - -The IcedTea browser plugin (NPPlugin) is now made immediately -available to supporting browsers without the need for eselect. Note -that Chromium-based browsers no longer support NPAPI-based plugins -since the code was removed in September 2015. The list of supporting -browsers is shrinking but still includes Firefox as of version 46. - -JVM selection -------------- - -By default, IcedTea's browser plugin and Web Start uses the JVM -selected via eselect or the GENTOO_VM environment variable. Note that -this doesn't have to be an IcedTea JVM. An Oracle JVM will also -work. The choice can be overridden using the itweb-settings -program. Simply blank out the field to restore the default behaviour. - -Coexistence with Oracle's plugin --------------------------------- - -The IcedTea browser plugin can no longer be installed alongside -Oracle's plugin. This used to be possible thanks to eselect -java-nsplugin but this was removed in an effort to simplify things. No -one is likely to need both, especially with plugins being all but -outlawed these days. To avoid any blockers, simply enable the nsplugin -USE flag on icedtea-web or the Oracle packages, but not both. - -If you're wondering why we don't just leave plugin selection to the -browser, it's because Firefox (and probably others) only allows you to -disable all the Java plugins together, not individually. - -Coexistence with Oracle's Web Start ------------------------------------ - -/usr/bin/javaws, the executable used to launch JNLP files from a -browser, will always use IcedTea's implementation over Oracle's when -icedtea-web is installed, regardless of which JVM has been -selected. This is primarily for consistency with the browser -plugin. If you want to use Oracle's implementation then simply -uninstall icedtea-web. - -32-bit plugin on 64-bit systems -------------------------------- - -This is no longer supported as the 64-bit plugin can launch a 32-bit -JVM. Other reasons for running a 32-bit browser on a 64-bit system -have long passed. - -32-bit JVM on 64-bit systems ----------------------------- - -The emul-linux-x86-java package was removed in 2015 with the migration -to full multilib. icedtea-bin now provides this feature via the -multilib USE flag. Once installed, using the 32-bit variant is simply -a case of selecting that VM as described above. |