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The OpenJDK 6 packages, `java-1.6.0-openjdk*`, replace their IcedTea counterparts,
`java-1.7.0-icedtea*`. The Fedora 8 IcedTea packages track the unstable OpenJDK 7 branch,
whereas the `java-1.6.0-openjdk*` packages track the stable OpenJDK 6 branch. The decision
to have OpenJDK 6 replace IcedTea was made for several reasons:
- * Sun has replaced most of the encumbrances for which IcedTea was providing
replacements and for rest of the encumbrances, we have merged replacements from the
IcedTea project.
+ * Sun has replaced most of the encumbrances for which IcedTea was providing
replacements. For the rest of the encumbrances, replacements have been merged from the
IcedTea project.
* IcedTea's mandate is to merge as much as possible with OpenJDK, so the
differences between IcedTea and OpenJDK should diminish over time.
* OpenJDK 6 is a stable branch, whereas OpenJDK 7 is unstable, and is not expected to
ship a stable release until 2009.
* Sun has licensed the OpenJDK trademark for use in Fedora.