Bug 565629

Summary:	[5.6 FEAT] Update Java 6 to SR8 level for RHEL 5.6
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5	Reporter:	IBM Bug Proxy <bugproxy>
Component:	releng	Assignee:	Daniel Mach <dmach>
Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE	QA Contact:	Release Test Team <release-test-team>
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	low
Version:	5.6	CC:	jjarvis, nobody+PNT0273897, sbest
Target Milestone:	rc	Keywords:	FutureFeature, OtherQA, Reopened
Target Release:	5.6
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
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Fixed In Version:		Doc Type:	Enhancement
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Last Closed:	2010-08-05 08:11:28 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Blocks:	531800, 557597

Description IBM Bug Proxy 2010-02-15 19:10:52 UTC

1. Feature Overview:
Feature Id: [60446]
a. Name of Feature: [5.6 FEAT] Update Java 6 to SR8 level  for RHEL 5.6
b. Feature Description
Need to update Java 6 to SR8 level

2. Feature Details:
Sponsor: Other
Architectures:
  ppc64x86x86_64zSeries - 64 native

Arch Specificity: purely common code
Affects Kernel Modules: No
Delivery Mechanism: Web Download
Category: other
Request Type: Toolchain - Enhancement from Upstream
d. Upstream Acceptance: Accepted
Sponsor Priority P2
f. Severity: normal
IBM Confidential: No
Code Contribution: IBM code
g. Component Version Target:
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3. Business Case
Need to update to the current SR level especially during the P7 time frame.

4. Primary contact at Red Hat:
John Jarvis
jjarvis

5. Primary contacts at Partner:
Project Management Contact:
Stephanie A. Glass, sglass.com

Technical contact(s):
David J. Edwards, David_Edwards.com

Comment 1 John Jarvis 2010-03-01 17:06:13 UTC

IBM is signed up to test and provide feedback.

Comment 2 John Jarvis 2010-03-01 17:27:26 UTC

IBM is signed up to test and provide feedback.

Comment 3 IBM Bug Proxy 2010-03-25 17:30:48 UTC

------- Comment From sglass.com 2010-03-25 13:22 EDT-------
This will be made available via DeveloperWorks

Comment 5 Radek Bíba 2010-08-04 12:11:57 UTC

java-1.6.0-ibm packages containing SR 8 is already available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Extras and 5 Supplementary. They were released in a security advisory a few months ago.