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Author: Markus Koschany <apo at debian.org>
Date:   Sun Jun 19 19:03:42 2016 +0200

    Update and release wheezy-lts-and-the-switch-to-openjdk7.md
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diff --git a/content/2016/wheezy-lts-and-the-switch-to-openjdk7.md b/content/2016/wheezy-lts-and-the-switch-to-openjdk7.md
index 89bf6a6..6c9cf8c 100644
--- a/content/2016/wheezy-lts-and-the-switch-to-openjdk7.md
+++ b/content/2016/wheezy-lts-and-the-switch-to-openjdk7.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Title: Wheezy LTS and the switch to OpenJDK 7
 Date: 2016-06-12
 Authors: Markus Koschany
-Status: draft
+Status: published
 
 Wheezy's LTS period started a few weeks ago and the LTS team had to make an
 early support decision concerning the Java eco-system since Wheezy ships two Java
@@ -17,14 +17,12 @@ Tiago Stürmer Daitx from Ubuntu. We already knew that both intend
 to support OpenJDK 6 until April 2017 when Ubuntu 12.04 will reach its
 end-of-life. Thus we had basically two options, supporting OpenJDK 6 for another
 twelve months or dropping support right from the start. One of my first steps
-has been to ask for feedback and advice on
-[debian-java](https://lists.debian.org/debian-java/2016/03/msg00044.html) for
-the more likely choice of supporting only one JDK. We agreed on warning users
-via various channels about the intended change,
-especially about [possible
+was to ask for feedback and advice on
+[debian-java](https://lists.debian.org/debian-java/2016/03/msg00044.html) since
+supporting only one JDK seemed to be the more reasonable solution. We agreed on warning users
+via various channels about the intended change, especially about [possible
 incompatibilities](http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/compatibility-417013.html)
-with OpenJDK 7. Even Andrew Haley, OpenJDK 6 project lead, [participated](https://lists.debian.org/debian-java/2016/03/msg00055.html) in the
-discussion and confirmed that, while still supported, OpenJDK 6 security
+with OpenJDK 7. Even Andrew Haley, OpenJDK 6 project lead, [participated](https://lists.debian.org/debian-java/2016/03/msg00055.html) in the discussion and confirmed that, while still supported, OpenJDK 6 security
 releases are "always the last in the queue when there is urgent work to be
 done".
 
@@ -32,7 +30,7 @@ I informed [debian-lts](https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts/2016/03/msg00098.htm
 my findings and issued a [call for tests](https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts/2016/04/msg00070.html) later.
 
 Eventually we decided to [concentrate our efforts on OpenJDK
-7](https://www.debian.org/News/2016/20160425) because we could be sure that for the
+7](https://www.debian.org/News/2016/20160425) because we are confident that for the
 majority of our users one Java implementation is sufficient during a stable
 release cycle. An immediate positive effect in making OpenJDK 7 the default is that
 resources can be relocated to more pressing issues. On the other hand we were
@@ -44,11 +42,11 @@ Wheezy LTS again and focussing on runtime issues instead and finally decided
 that the latter was both more reasonable and more economic.
 
 Different from regular default Java changes, users will still be able to use OpenJDK 6 to
-compile their packages and then the security impact is in general neglectable. More important
-was to avoid the runtime installation of OpenJDK 6. I identified eighteen
+compile their packages and the security impact for development systems is in general neglectable.
+More important was to avoid runtime installations of OpenJDK 6. I identified eighteen
 packages that strictly depended on the now obsolete JRE and [fixed those
 issues](https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2016/05/msg00007.html)
-on 4 May together with an update of
+on 4 May 2016 together with an update of
 [java-common](https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/java-common) and announced the switch to
 OpenJDK 7 with a Debian NEWS file.
 
@@ -58,7 +56,7 @@ news](https://www.debian.org/News/news) and also not subscribed to
 [debian-lts-announce](https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/) or
 [debian-java](https://lists.debian.org/debian-java/), remember **26 June
 2016** is the day when OpenJDK 7 will be made the default Java implementation in
-Wheezy LTS. Of course there is no need to wait. Remove OpenJDK 6 and switch now:
+Wheezy LTS. Of course there is no need to wait. You can switch right now:
 
 ```
 sudo update-alternatives --config java

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