Rather useless Java menu entries

> /usr/share/applications/openjdk-6-java.desktop

this one is hidden by default

Sorry, this was openjdk-6-policytool.desktop, not -java. Description updated accordingly.

I also think these icons should be hidden : they clutter the interface for nothing and don't help newbies.
Moreover, with Ubuntu Netbook Remix Launcher it's again more obvious.

Why hasn't anything been done about this for so long? It's pretty easy to fix, and it's clearly annoying a bunch of people as it has two duplicates... I was just about to file a third duplicate until I noticed this one.

At the very least, "Java Web Start" should be removed from the Applications menu because it is not an application. It shouldn't have a menu entry at all, as it's whole purpose is to run java programs stored in "jnlp" files. We wouldn't have a menu entry that just says "Python" and runs the python interpreter, would we?

Thank you for bringing this bug to our attention. Unfortunately a paper cut should be a small usability issue that affects many people and is quick and easy to fix. I'm afraid this bug can't be addressed as part of this project.

OpenJDK is not part of the default install, And also, an average user tends to use Sun-Java rather than OpenJdK. Hence not a papercut.

A paper cut is a minor usability annoyance that an average user would encounter on his/her first day of using a new installation of Ubuntu 9.10.

For further info about papercuts criteria , pls read > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PaperCut

Don't worry though, This bug has been marked as "invalid" ONLY in the papercuts project.

>OpenJDK is not part of the default install

OpenJDK appears to have been installed by default when I installed Ubuntu Netbook Remix, as a dependency of default-jre.

@Paul,
The default-jre was added by you *in-addition* to the default install. it is not part of the default.
Also papercuts, are for Ubuntu Desktop Edition

Oh ... you meant, the UNR has default-jre installed by default... OK .
But still.. paper cuts are for Ubunutu/Kubuntu *Desktop* edition, which does not have any Java installed.

FWIW, IIRC, Sun's java 6 was installed, not openjdk, when pulling
ubuntu-restricted-extras? But anyway, as this is not part of the default
desktop install, I understand the point is moot anyway. Oh well, maybe
it will be fixed later :)

This bug has been opened for 18 months without an answer. It's a rather trivial thing to fix, and if the developers think the way it is is ok, then they could state it, I suppose. Is there still an openjdk maintainer ?

This bug was fixed in the package openjdk-6 - 6b16-1.6.1-1ubuntu3

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openjdk-6 (6b16-1.6.1-1ubuntu3) karmic; urgency=low

  [Matthias Klose]
  * On armel and powerpc, build an additional VM using shark in the
    openjdk-6-jre-zero package (java -shark <args>). Requires llvm-2.6.
  * Hide the desktop menu entry for WebStart. LP: #222180.
  * Don't provide java-virtual-machine anymore.

  [Edward Nevill]
  * Avoid stack overflows in the arm interpreter.

 -- Matthias Klose <email address hidden> Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:41:46 +0200