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Ubuntu disabling the Sun Java JDK browser plugin

Ubuntu disabling the Sun Java JDK browser plugin

Posted Dec 16, 2011 16:45 UTC (Fri) by cesarb (subscriber, #6266)
In reply to: Ubuntu disabling the Sun Java JDK browser plugin by avtechmjc
Parent article: Ubuntu disabling the Sun Java JDK browser plugin

And sometimes it is not even a difference between OpenJDK and Sun Java, but only a difference in their packaging.

See for instance https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=741821, where the lack of an empty hidden directory on /etc breaks an online banking applet.


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Ubuntu disabling the Sun Java JDK browser plugin

Posted Dec 18, 2011 0:03 UTC (Sun) by rbrito (subscriber, #66188) [Link]

Thanks for the hint. This is very important for those that have to access Banco do Brasil's website.

Ubuntu disabling the Sun Java JDK browser plugin

Posted Dec 18, 2011 23:52 UTC (Sun) by ceplm (guest, #41334) [Link]

But I would add (and yes, I am a Red Hat employee, although I have personally nothing to do with OpenJDK maintaining) that this bug shows we are trying hard to make OpenJDK really working. Glad to see it.

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