232423 - default Java plug-in is version 1.3

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 202952

(Core Graveyard :: Plug-ins, defect)

Description

[mth]

User-Agent:       
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7a) Gecko/20040128

Downloaded and built Mozilla from CVS on Tue 27 Jan 2004. 

The default java plugin being offered is version 1.3 ... seem to me it should be 1.4


Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. build mozilla
2. go to website that requires java plug-in
3. follow link to download default plug-in

Actual Results:  
at http://wp.netscape.com/plugins/jvm.html I am being offered Java Plug-in
Version 1.3

Expected Results:  
Java Plug-in Version 1.4

Comment 1

[Hermann Schwab]

You can get plugins for Mozilla at Mozdev.org
http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/linux.html

Java for Linux also from
http://www.blackdown.org/
http://java.sun.com/products/plugin/

http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/download.html
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html

And one more link, about Verisign Class 3 and Class 2 PCA Root Certificate
Expiration
http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert%2F57436

Comment 2

[mth]

Thanks. 
I am aware of places where I can go to get the Java Plug-in, however others may
not. 

I submitted a bug report because I think it is a bug that the default plug-in,
which many/most of the masses would choose, is pointing to an old version of Java. 

Comment 3

[Christian :Biesinger (don't email me, ping me on IRC)]

don't think we can do much about netscape pages...

Comment 4

[mth]

Then ... Why in the world is Mozilla linking to Netscape for plug-ins? 

Comment 5

[Christian :Biesinger (don't email me, ping me on IRC)]

hm, a good point... reopening for consideration

Comment 6

[Michael Hendy (Hendikins)]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 202952 ***