On Thu, 9 Jun 2011, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 12:13 PM, Dr Andrew C Aitchison
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> Sorry to be a pain, but should I expect Java 6u26 (Sun/Oracle)
>> updates for java-1.6.0-sun-compat and jdk or do I now need to
>> download direct from Oracle ?
>>
>> These would replace
>> java-1.6.0-sun-compat1.6.0.24-3.sl5.jpp.i586.rpm
>> jdk1.6.0_24-fcs.i586.rpm
>> and 64bit equivalents.


> I used to update these over at JPackage. I gave up, on the grounds
> that RHEL 6 and its rebuilds rely on OpenJDK, Red Hat has gotten
> squarely behind OpenJDK, and Oracle *bought Sun* and is tring to
> itself support OpenJDK. So there's very little point to it anymore in
> the development or stable environment world.

Thanks.

Unfortunately that doesn't really address the point I was trying to make.

Until about SL5.5, SL (but not RHEL) included an rpm which worked
in browsers. I know Troy has to fiddle a bit to sign the i386 package
and could not sign the x86_64, but it was very convenient for at
least this user.

What I'm trying to ask is; will SL5 continue to include an rpm
which provides java for browsers ?
I don't remember Troy or anyone else saying one way or the other.

Thanks again.

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