>> If you have questions or concerns, please share them on the jdk7u-dev >> mailing list. >> >> cheers, >> dalibor topic >> -- > > So, as I understand it, > > * There won't be a new non-security update release until u12 (March-April > 2013?) > * There'll be proprietary Oracle binaries called 7u10 but no OpenJDK > equivalent > * The October and February security CPUs will be added to the main 7u tree. > > Are there any plans for OpenJDK security releases? We're obviously going to > have to > do security releases before then, and can by patching our own IcedTea trees. > If we > were using 7u directly, it's not clear what we would base those on, as we > don't want > to pull in partial development on 7u12.
+1 with Andrew here. What about security fixes in OpenJDK 7 ? One of the strength of community packages is we could deliver in continuous ready to use packages, including security fixes. More lights are more than expected on this sensible subject.