Re: Testing needed for openjdk-6 security updates

[Moritz Mühlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org>]

On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 03:27:27PM -0400, Rob Owens wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Moritz Muehlenhoff" <jmm@debian.org>
> > 
> > As discussed on debian-release some time ago security support
> > for openjdk will be following upstream releases in the future.
> > 
> > The packages for openjdk are generally ready, but I don't use
> > Java myself. As such I need some additional real world testing
> > before I'll release them through security.debian.org
> > 
> > The openjdk6 packages are available at
> > http://people.debian.org/~jmm/ for stable and oldstable.
> > 
> > Please send test feedback directly to jmm@debian with a short
> > description of what you tested and whether you tested stable
> > or oldstable.
> > 
> I'd like to test against a piece of code I have that runs in a
> web browser.  I don't see the icedtea6-plugin in your packages.
> Can I use the standard wheezy icedtea6-plugin along with your
> openjdk packages, or is that not a valid test?

You can use the standard icedtea6-plugin, it's from a different
source package.

Cheers,
        Moritz