openjdk vs diablo-jdk [was: jdk and java plugin for newbies - icedtea6-stubs and openjdk6?]

[bdsfbsd at att.net]

On Sun, 20 Jun 2010 10:55:59 -0400, barbara <barbara.xxx1975 at libero.it>  
wrote:

>> On Sun, 20 Jun 2010 09:40:51 -0000, barbara <barbara.xxx1975 at libero.it>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >> Replying to myself, for the record:
>> >> On Tue, 08 Jun 2010 18:58:45 -0000, <bdsfbsd at att.net> wrote:
>> >>
>> [snip]
>> >>
>> >> I only needed to install openjdk6 and Opera, and Java works fine  
>> without
>> >> any further configuration. It is only update 7, but I don't know if I
>> >> really care. It seems that most Java stuff will work.
>> >>
>> >> Brian
>> >
>> > Update 7...uhm...
>> >
>> > $ /usr/local/diablo-jdk1.6.0/bin/java -version
>> > java version "1.6.0_07"
>> > Diablo Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_07-b02)
>> > Diablo Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (build 10.0-b23, mixed mode)
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>> Yes, this is exactly what I have, which verified by this:
>> http://www.java.com/en/download/help/testvm.xml
>> is indeed "Java 6, Update 07", which is far from the most recent, but  
>> I'm saying I don't think that matters much. So why the "uhm"?
>>
>
> Because you don't need to install openjdk, as you said, to have a java  
> plugin, but diablo-jdk/jre (or jdk16).
>
>

Perhaps I [snip]ped too much of my earlier post so you missed the part  
where I had said I wanted a jdk _and_ the plugin. (Which it turns out I  
don't need a "plugin" per se, because Opera took care of that, and I like  
Opera, so that part is solved. Firefox fans can go figure out their own  
problems.)

So really now this is just an issue of the preferred manner of having a  
jdk. I have yet to understand what openjdk is supposed to be versus what  
diablo-jdk is supposed to be, at least in terms of FreeBSD.. I know that  
openjdk is being designed for many platforms while diablo-jdk is FreeBSD  
specific, but the dependencies make it appear that openjdk on FreeBSD  
equals diablo-jdk plus other packages. Is diablo-jdk missing some  
functionality that openjdk provides? Or are they somehow qualitatively  
different things?

If somebody could explain what's going on here, that'd be great.

Thanks,
Brian