Bug#645881: critical update 29 available

[Sylvestre Ledru]

CC debian release & security

Le mercredi 19 octobre 2011 à 12:21 +0200, Thijs Kinkhorst a écrit :
> Upstream has released Java SE 6 update 29 yesterday:
> http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpuoct2011-443431.html
> with security fixes.

Well, that especially means that it is now time to consider the removal
of sun-java6 from Debian.

We, the distros, are no longer allowed by Oracle to redistribute this
version [1] [2].
The OpenJDK (6 or 7) is now the way to go.

About stable, I don't know what the security team would recommend
here ?!

Thanks,
Sylvestre
[1]
http://sylvestre.ledru.info/blog/sylvestre/2011/08/26/sun_java6_packages_removed_from_debian_u
[2] http://jdk-distros.java.net/
The DLJ has finally been retired, and so has been this project.