On Thu, 2012-08-16 at 12:09 +0200, Erwan David wrote: > On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 11:37:09AM CEST, Thijs Kinkhorst <[email protected]> > said: > > Hi Adam, > > > > On Thu, August 16, 2012 07:56, echo083 wrote: > > > The sun-java6 in the stable branch is the version 1.6.0_26 is there a > > > plan for any security upgrade ? > > > > I'm afraid that's not possible. Oracle has changed licensing such that > > it's no longer allowed for Debian to distribute newer versions. There's > > somewhat more detail in http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/2011/15/#javarm > > > > It is advised to switch to openjdk-6 instead. > > > > Cheers, > > Thijs > > I might do this when every java application I need to use is compatible with > it... > Meanwhile some do not work... > >
Is it plausible to get openjdk7 backported to squeeze as a security measure in this regard? It sure seems to be more closely based to what oracle is now putting out. Well there are some programs that apparently refuse to work with Java7 altogether, but I'd say that's the programmers fault. I know where I work there have been issues with that. But at least openjdk7 seems to be getting updated along with Oracle's Java7. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
