[pure:dyne] Replace Sun-java with Openjdk

[Rob Myers]

krgn wrote:

> is there a browser plugin for openjdk too? 

Yes.

> thats important for some of
> functionality of processing, especially when developing browser-based stuff.
> will it be enough to just use the jre or does the whole jdk need to be
> installed?

There are open jdk web browser plugins available in Debian, I don't know
if they are included in the openjre or not, but they are certainly
available.

> I don't have time to test it out right now nor to change the package but
> will do once its clear that everything works. one plus I see is space:
> openjdk-6-jre + dependencies seem to be smaller than sun-jre by ~20Mb
> (uncompressed)

It will need testing, I've only tried it briefly and I may be mistaken
about how well it works.

But it would be great if OpenJDK is usable for this.

- Rob.

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