I've put a description of how I used Cédric's java-package to make a deb of Oracle JDK 6u30: http://reddragdiva.dreamwidth.org/574156.html (I have noted Matthias' strong disapproval of parts of the patch.) We're deploying this to the template for all our new Ubuntu VMs, so I'm sure we'll discover new and exciting things to report ... - d.