I have been reading the archives and looking at some sources trying to find out why we don't ship jdk1.2. Message http://www.debian.org/Lists-Archives/debian-java-9908/msg00013.html is quite enlightening.
Could we please make a Debian-Java-FAQ if there is no one available? (I have not found one available), issues like the ibm-jdk or sun's jdk1.2 could be explained there. If no one volunteers I can make a draft and include it in www.debian.org/devel Best regards Javi PD: Include me in the CC: since I'm not suscribed (although a maintainer of a java package 'vrwave' :)