Status of dropping sun-java6 package

Registered by Robbie Williamson

 How far are we from being able to drop this? Do we need advocacy, outreach to vendors still relying on it, bug fixes to OpenJDK, ...?

Blueprint information

Status:
Started
Approver:
Colin Watson
Priority:
Low
Drafter:
Matthias Klose
Direction:
Approved
Assignee:
Canonical Foundations Team
Definition:
Approved
Series goal:
Accepted for lucid
Implementation:
Started
Milestone target:
None
Started by
Robbie Williamson

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Sprints

Whiteboard

Status:
mobile/mozilla team (plugin finder) waiting on implemetation.

Work items:
[doko] move sun-java to the partner archive: DONE
[robbie.w] find someone to maintain the package: DONE
[brian-thomason] Check if we need a distribution agreement with Sun: TODO
[asac] make plugin-finder aware of sun-java-plugin: TODO
[sbeattie] regulary run and report JCK test results on OpenJDK: TODO

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