It's official, Apple's Java (the only Java runtime available for the Mac OS X) is being deprecated as of the latest update.
"As of the release of Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 3, the version of Java that is ported by Apple, and that ships with Mac OS X, is deprecated.
This means that the Apple-produced runtime will not be maintained at the same level, and may be removed from future versions of Mac OS X. The Java runtime shipping in Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, and Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, will continue to be supported and maintained through the standard support cycles of those products."
A lot of Java devs. use OS X to develop on, myself included. Looks like I'll be doing a reverse switch. This sucks.
See the release note [1] (expand "News and Noteworthy" and click on "Java Deprecation"). Also because of this you won't be able to get your Java application in the new OS X App Store.
-Noah
[1] Release note
"As of the release of Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 3, the version of Java that is ported by Apple, and that ships with Mac OS X, is deprecated.
This means that the Apple-produced runtime will not be maintained at the same level, and may be removed from future versions of Mac OS X. The Java runtime shipping in Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, and Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, will continue to be supported and maintained through the standard support cycles of those products."
A lot of Java devs. use OS X to develop on, myself included. Looks like I'll be doing a reverse switch. This sucks.
See the release note [1] (expand "News and Noteworthy" and click on "Java Deprecation"). Also because of this you won't be able to get your Java application in the new OS X App Store.
-Noah
[1] Release note