[opensuse-project] Dropping all java-1_6_0-sun packages?
After Oracle's announcement "Retiring the DLJ" [1][2][3] in Septenber 2011, it is no longer allowed to distribute the sun JRE packaged for distributions. Therefore I'd recommend to remove all java-sun packages from the OBS. Having the latest huge security issues with the sun-plugin in mind, it could be good to enforce a de-installation of all the old Java installations or at least the plugin - not to break servers requiring the original sun JRE/SDK. [1] http://robilad.livejournal.com/90792.html [2] http://jdk-distros.java.net/ [3] http://www.heise.de/open/artikel/Die-Woche-Linux-ohne-Java-1335027.html Best regards, Johannes -- Johannes Weberhofer Weberhofer GmbH, Austria, Vienna -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org
On Tuesday, September 11, 2012 13:57:30 Johannes Weberhofer wrote:
After Oracle's announcement "Retiring the DLJ" [1][2][3] in Septenber 2011, it is no longer allowed to distribute the sun JRE packaged for distributions. Therefore I'd recommend to remove all java-sun packages from the OBS.
Having the latest huge security issues with the sun-plugin in mind, it could be good to enforce a de-installation of all the old Java installations or at least the plugin - not to break servers requiring the original sun JRE/SDK.
[1] http://robilad.livejournal.com/90792.html [2] http://jdk-distros.java.net/ [3] http://www.heise.de/open/artikel/Die-Woche-Linux-ohne-Java-1335027.ht ml
AFAIR, the new packages cannot be distributed, packages released before can still be shipped under the previous license. Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger aj@{suse.com,opensuse.org} Twitter/Identica: jaegerandi SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GF: Jeff Hawn,Jennifer Guild,Felix Imendörffer,HRB16746 (AG Nürnberg) GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org
What I have seen is, that there are many repositories with newer packages available on build.opensuse.org. For security reasons I'd also recommend to implement a "update" for at least the -plugin package, which makes the plugin unusable. Johannes Am 11.09.2012 14:30, schrieb Andreas Jaeger:
On Tuesday, September 11, 2012 13:57:30 Johannes Weberhofer wrote:
After Oracle's announcement "Retiring the DLJ" [1][2][3] in Septenber 2011, it is no longer allowed to distribute the sun JRE packaged for distributions. Therefore I'd recommend to remove all java-sun packages from the OBS.
Having the latest huge security issues with the sun-plugin in mind, it could be good to enforce a de-installation of all the old Java installations or at least the plugin - not to break servers requiring the original sun JRE/SDK.
[1] http://robilad.livejournal.com/90792.html [2] http://jdk-distros.java.net/ [3] http://www.heise.de/open/artikel/Die-Woche-Linux-ohne-Java-1335027.ht ml
AFAIR, the new packages cannot be distributed, packages released before can still be shipped under the previous license.
Andreas
-- Johannes Weberhofer Weberhofer GmbH, Austria, Vienna -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org
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