If Icedtea-web is the plug-in component for OpenJDK upstream, its name should be openjdk-plugin !

[Andrew Haley]

On 04/15/2012 07:44 PM, Florian Weimer wrote:
> * Fernando Cassia:
> 
>> So, again, why can't the package now known as Icedtea-web be called
>> "OpenJDK-plugin"?
> 
> Because it's a component which hasn't got to do much with OpenJDK.
> The plugin derives from a separate code base.  Furthermore, Oracle has
> asked the public not to use "OpenJDK" for programs which are not
> substantially the same as something which Oracle publishes under the
> name "OpenJDK".

There is some truth in this: the plugin isn't part of OpenJDK, so it
shouldn't be called openjdk-anything.

> That being said, I'm not even sure if it is a good idea to make the
> plug-in easier to install.  It's the main way the OpenJDK code base is
> exposed to mobile code, after all.

I think this is truly dreadful reasoning.  Either we think that the
plugin is safe enough for people to use, or we don't ship it.

Andrew.