I packaged the new code drop from the OpenJDK project using the JPackage conventions. Because naming rules are still being worked out for derivatives of OpenJDK code, I’ve decided to call the result “java-1.7.0-icedtea”. This is just a preliminary development package; I hope Sun will approve renaming it “java-1.7.0-openjdk” or “java-1.6.0-openjdk” when it officially lands in Fedora.
http://people.redhat.com/fitzsim/java-1.7.0-icedtea-1.7.0.0-0.1.nonfree.src.rpm
The OpenJDK build still depends on some non-free software so I’m providing an SRPM containing only the GPL’d code. People interested in building the complete not-fully-free OpenJDK can fill the gaps with binary plugs.
I’m going to investigate eliminating the non-free requirements. I haven’t studied the code enough to know if it’s worth producing a fully free build before starting encumbrance replacement efforts — it depends how much functionality is lost by excluding the binary blobs. Another interesting experiment would be bootstrapping OpenJDK with a free runtime.