Bug#579681: pu: package sun-java5/1.5.0-22-0lenny1

["Thijs Kinkhorst" <thijs@debian.org>]

> the non-free Sun JDKs often have security issues and can only be updated
> through new upstream versions since we do not have source code. 1.5.0-22
> will be the last upstream update because this version has been declared
> EOL (end of life). The security team asked me to update the package
> through pu.

> the non-free Sun JDKs often have security issues and can only be updated
> through new upstream versions since we do not have source code. The
> security team asked me to update the package through pu. The new package
> is available at <http://people.debian.org/~twerner/> and the debdiff at
> <http://people.debian.org/~twerner/sun-java6.debdiff>.

Indeed, SRM's: please accept these packages for the next stable release.
Sun Java point releases are very widely tested in many enviroments outside
of Debian already. Due to the non-free nature of the package backporting
individual fixes is not feasible.


thanks,
Thijs