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Re: java 5 in squeeze



Andrew McGlashan:
> Vu Ngoc VU wrote:
>> 
>> As sun-java5-jre doesn't exist on Squeeze, there is no clue.
>> But if you want to install some package that have the same name on
>> both distros, you can use option -t with apt-get.
> 
> If sun-java5 continues to be important, then why not have a port in
> squeeze too?

Probably because it isn't supported upstream anymore:

http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5/

| Java SE 5.0 is in its Java Technology End of Life (EOL) transition
| period. The EOL transition period began April 8th, 2007 and will
| complete October 8th, 2009, when Java SE 5.0 will have reached its End
| of Service Life (EOSL).

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