Looking for comments: A while back I removed java during an upgrade on my main desktop system and left icedtea6-bin in place without any noticeable effect.
Presumably icedtea6 suffers the same java bug (cant find anything in their bugzilla though?) thats got everybody riled at the moment, though the last security bug on gentoo bugzilla is 2011. I am happy not using a mainstream java and avoiding the fuss that goes with dealing with oracles nonsense download restrictions but have two questions: 1. are there any "real" problems with using icedtea6? 2. icedtea6 and icedtea6-bin ... any difference in features? - I have had a much more stable experience with openoffice vs openoffice-bin so presume build yourself would be the same here? The questions may seem redundant seeing I am using both icedtea and java on various systems, but others experience may not be the same, or have more knowledge which would be useful before I move everything over. BillK
