Bug#696421: unblock: icedtea-web/1.3.1-2 (pre-approval)

[Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>]

On 2012-12-20 16:42, Niels Thykier wrote:
> Package: release.debian.org
> Severity: normal
> User: release.debian.org@packages.debian.org
> Usertags: unblock
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I am considering to upload a new version of icedtea-web to unstable to
> fix #693623.  Currently, icedtea-web with Java7 does not work (at
> least not with various national internet banking application).
> 
> The fix is a simple rebuilt of icedtea-web with Java7 (instead of
> Java6) as Java implementation.
> 
> I believe this should be included in Wheezy as upstream security
> support for Java6 will end before our support of Wheezy will.  I
> suspect it will only be a matter of time before the national banks
> will blacklist the Java6 variant (assuming they are smart enough).
>   If it comes to this, Wheezy users will have no choice but to migrate
> to either the non-free Oracle Java (not available from our
> infrastructure) or manually rebuilt the icedtea-web packages.
> 
> I have let the Java6 variant remain the default as that is status quo
> and it keeps the (binary) changes as minimal as possible.
> 
> unblock icedtea-web/1.3.1-2

Hi,

Could anyone (who isn't me) please comment on this?

~Niels