Comment 39 for bug 123064

GSMD wrote:
> Cmon, they don't give a $heet bout java developers which is inherited from the fact that Debian guys have exactly the same attitude.
Hold on a sec, this is a bug report, not a forum for your rants about
Ubuntu developer priorities. The beauty of an open community effort is
that it inherits the priorities of everyone who participates. You are
welcome to step up and help to get the work done that you think is most
important, subject to the overall guidance of the technical board.

In the case of Java:

 - our primary constraint has been that upstream Java could not go into
main because of licensing concerns
 - we aim to get java into main as soon as it is possible to do so
 - we are currently post feature freeze, and so it will be difficult to
change Hardy

We are working with Sun on OpenJDK, but it's not yet clear what can be
achieved by Hardy without putting other pieces of the distribution, like
OpenOffice, at risk. One of our requirements in working with Sun is that
Eclipse work well. I fully support the idea of being able to apt-get the
latest stable Eclipse, and am pretty offended by your sweeping statement
to the contrary.

Mark