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[Paul Kishimoto <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>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.

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Rather useless Java menu entries
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/222180
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Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts: Invalid
Status in “openjdk-6” 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. ;-)