Bug#633982: sun-java6-bin: Multiarch support issue with Sun Java

[Tom Marble]

On 07/27/2011 08:53 AM, Livingston, John A wrote:
> [...] We still have one or two applications that have little glitches unless 
> Sun Java is used, but this is probably the push we've needed to default to
> using OpenJDK.

At the risk of going off topic a little bit for this bug
report I'm quite interested in those cases where OpenJDK
is not a replacement for Sun Java. As I was originally the
OpenJDK representative for Sun in Debian I am quite interested
in this topic.

If you had a specific test case (or cases) I would encourage
you to try them with openjdk-7 from the experimental repository:
http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=openjdk-7&searchon=names&suite=all&section=all

We are also collaborating with upstream in modularizing the Java
packaging for Debian for JDK 8:
http://penta.debconf.org/dc11_schedule/events/718.en.html

Please feel free to followup this topic on the
Debian Java List <debian-java at lists.debian.org>.

Regards,

--Tom