[platform-ui-dev] A note on some JVM/ICU interaction

[Paul Webster <pwebster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

A problem that can crop up from time to time is a class initialization
error in com.ibm.icu.impl.JavaTimeZone.  We've seen a few instances on
Macs and Windows.  It is an NPE in the sun calendar code, and can be
caused by bugs such as http://bugs.sun.com/view_bug.do?bug_id=6529213

A  potential workaround would be to launch eclipse with
-Dcom.ibm.icu.util.TimeZone.DefaultTimeZoneType=ICU or upgrade the VM
to one without the problem or check files like
jre/lib/zi/ZoneInfoMappings to make sure they are world readable.

PW

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