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[Shane O'Connell <shane.oconnell@xxxxxxxx>]

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?

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Rather useless Java menu entries
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/222180
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Status in “openjdk-6” source package in Ubuntu: Confirmed

Bug description:
When you install openjdk-6-jre, you get two menu entries: one in System->Preferences called "OpenJDK Java  Policy Tool", and one in Applications->Internet called "OpenJDK Java  Web Start".

Java is a very common need, and thus I don't think they're really needed by default: these configuration options are really obscure and we already have hidden simpler tools from GNOME. At least, the one in Applications should be (re)moved because it is in no way an application, but merely a limited control panel.

The implied files are:
/usr/share/applications/openjdk-6-java.desktop
/usr/share/applications/openjdk-6-policytool.desktop

And would only need a one-line modification. This would help cleaning the menus, and System->Preferences really doesn't need more bloating. ;-)