[removal request] Java 5.0 is near EOL

Bug #418577 reported by Marc Deslauriers
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Bug Description

Java 5.0 will be placed into "End of Service Life" by Sun on October 30th 2009. This means no more security updates will be produced for it after that date. The sun-java5 package needs to be removed from the archive, as it will be unmaintainable after that date and security issues may appear that will be unfixable.

See:
http://www.j2ee.me/products/archive/eol.policy.html

security vulnerability: no → yes
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Matthias Klose (doko) wrote :

the updates for dapper and hardy should be available in -proposed/-updates before the removal. see #420360

Changed in sun-java5 (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote :

could you please request its removal from unstable as well, so we don't have to track this for syncing?

Changed in sun-java:
status: Unknown → New
Revision history for this message
Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote :
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2009-09-01 02:36:50 INFO Removing candidates:
2009-09-01 02:36:50 INFO sun-java5 1.5.0-20-1 in karmic
2009-09-01 02:36:50 INFO ia32-sun-java5-bin 1.5.0-20-1 in karmic amd64
2009-09-01 02:36:50 INFO ia32-sun-java5-bin 1.5.0-20-1 in karmic ia64
2009-09-01 02:36:50 INFO sun-java5-bin 1.5.0-20-1 in karmic amd64
2009-09-01 02:36:50 INFO sun-java5-bin 1.5.0-20-1 in karmic i386
2009-09-01 02:36:50 INFO sun-java5-bin 1.5.0-20-1 in karmic lpia
2009-09-01 02:36:50 INFO sun-java5-demo 1.5.0-20-1 in karmic amd64
2009-09-01 02:36:50 INFO sun-java5-demo 1.5.0-20-1 in karmic i386
2009-09-01 02:36:50 INFO sun-java5-demo 1.5.0-20-1 in karmic lpia
2009-09-01 02:36:50 INFO sun-java5-doc 1.5.0-20-1 in karmic amd64
2009-09-01 02:36:50 INFO sun-java5-doc 1.5.0-20-1 in karmic armel
2009-09-01 02:36:50 INFO sun-java5-doc 1.5.0-20-1 in karmic i386
2009-09-01 02:36:50 INFO sun-java5-doc 1.5.0-20-1 in karmic ia64
2009-09-01 02:36:50 INFO sun-java5-doc 1.5.0-20-1 in karmic lpia
2009-09-01 02:36:50 INFO sun-java5-doc 1.5.0-20-1 in karmic powerpc
2009-09-01 02:36:50 INFO sun-java5-doc 1.5.0-20-1 in karmic sparc
2009-09-01 02:36:50 INFO sun-java5-fonts 1.5.0-20-1 in karmic amd64
2009-09-01 02:36:50 INFO sun-java5-fonts 1.5.0-20-1 in karmic armel
2009-09-01 02:36:50 INFO sun-java5-fonts 1.5.0-20-1 in karmic i386
2009-09-01 02:36:50 INFO sun-java5-fonts 1.5.0-20-1 in karmic ia64
2009-09-01 02:36:50 INFO sun-java5-fonts 1.5.0-20-1 in karmic lpia
2009-09-01 02:36:50 INFO sun-java5-fonts 1.5.0-20-1 in karmic powerpc
2009-09-01 02:36:50 INFO sun-java5-fonts 1.5.0-20-1 in karmic sparc
2009-09-01 02:36:50 INFO sun-java5-jdk 1.5.0-20-1 in karmic amd64
2009-09-01 02:36:50 INFO sun-java5-jdk 1.5.0-20-1 in karmic i386
2009-09-01 02:36:50 INFO sun-java5-jdk 1.5.0-20-1 in karmic lpia
2009-09-01 02:36:50 INFO sun-java5-jre 1.5.0-20-1 in karmic amd64
2009-09-01 02:36:50 INFO sun-java5-jre 1.5.0-20-1 in karmic armel
2009-09-01 02:36:50 INFO sun-java5-jre 1.5.0-20-1 in karmic i386
2009-09-01 02:36:50 INFO sun-java5-jre 1.5.0-20-1 in karmic ia64
2009-09-01 02:36:50 INFO sun-java5-jre 1.5.0-20-1 in karmic lpia
2009-09-01 02:36:50 INFO sun-java5-jre 1.5.0-20-1 in karmic powerpc
2009-09-01 02:36:50 INFO sun-java5-jre 1.5.0-20-1 in karmic sparc
2009-09-01 02:36:50 INFO sun-java5-plugin 1.5.0-20-1 in karmic i386
2009-09-01 02:36:50 INFO sun-java5-plugin 1.5.0-20-1 in karmic lpia
2009-09-01 02:36:50 INFO sun-java5-source 1.5.0-20-1 in karmic amd64
2009-09-01 02:36:50 INFO sun-java5-source 1.5.0-20-1 in karmic armel
2009-09-01 02:36:50 INFO sun-java5-source 1.5.0-20-1 in karmic i386
2009-09-01 02:36:50 INFO sun-java5-source 1.5.0-20-1 in karmic ia64
2009-09-01 02:36:50 INFO sun-java5-source 1.5.0-20-1 in karmic lpia
2009-09-01 02:36:50 INFO sun-java5-source 1.5.0-20-1 in karmic powerpc
2009-09-01 02:36:50 INFO sun-java5-source 1.5.0-20-1 in karmic sparc
2009-09-01 02:36:50 INFO Removed-by: Steve Langasek
2009-09-01 02:36:50 INFO Comment: EOLed upstram, no security support; LP: #418...

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Changed in sun-java5 (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
Changed in sun-java:
status: New → Fix Released
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