Re: Is it time to remove sun-java6?

[Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de>]

* Gabor Gombas:

> - start advertising that openjdk/icedtea is now supposed to be usable,

Note that the non-applet stuff has been quite usable for a while.
Even the openjdk-6 in lenny is not too bad (it's certainly possible to
run various production loads on it).

> - convince people to install icedtea6-plugin instead of
>   sun-java6-plugin,
> - and when it is in fact working, _then_ start to talk about sun-java6
>   removal.

I'm surprised by the interest in this type of technology.  For the
security team, the web plugin will be somewhat nightmarish.  There are
also software freedom issues surrounding it (due to the University of
California's recent lawsuits).