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by karlmdavis 5039 days ago
> if I had a choice between jenkins and jenkins-clone-built-with-something-else, all things being equal I would choose jenkins-clone-built-with-something-else

What on earth for? It's not as if the Java binaries on a (non-multi-user) server somehow make it less secure.

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Even if it is multiuser, they're not installed with any special privileges. You can install java in your home directory.

I can't wait for the day when people get their wish, and 50% of the installed browser base will run random python scripts off the web.