JDK-4907957 : java uninstall removes webstart cache, but leaves plugin cache
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: deploy
  • Sub-Component: deployment_toolkit
  • Affected Version: 5.0
  • Priority: P4
  • Status: Closed
  • Resolution: Duplicate
  • OS: windows_xp
  • CPU: x86
  • Submitted: 2003-08-17
  • Updated: 2005-06-08
  • Resolved: 2005-06-08
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Related Reports
Duplicate :  
JDK-4802551 - Consolidate Download Engine and Cache from plugin and webstart
Duplicate :  
JDK-5098632 - Installation of Tiger-rc trashes existing Web Start cache
Description
Uninstalling java invokes java web start to clear its cache, but does nothing with the plugin cache.
We should have consistant behavior between the products.
either:
1.) leave webstart cache and only remove desktop integration/association of apps
or
2.) also clear the plugin cache.
Comments
EVALUATION We previously uninstalled the web start cache on uninstallation of webstart because the user could choose to either uninstall webstart, or just to install a new version over it. Now that webstart is part of the JRE we need consistant behavior between webstart and plugin cache when uninstalling the jre. ###@###.### 2003-08-22 Unlike webstart cache, plugin cache is currently shared between different versions of plugin/JRE. Thus, we should remove the cache only if the last instance of JRE is uninstalled. Since we cannot change the existing JRE/plugin already in the market, we should revisit this issue again in Dragonfly when we redesign the caching code. Uncommit from Tiger. ###@###.### 2003-09-19 Reassign. ###@###.### 2004-11-30 07:54:05 GMT in mustang, the cache is shared between plugin and webstart, and during uninstall we won't remove it closing as duplicate of the common download engine rfe ###@###.### 2005-06-08 22:43:16 GMT
08-06-2005