[relnotes] [Fedora Project Wiki] Update of "Docs/Beats/Java" by RahulSundaram

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  The OpenJDK 6 packages, `java-1.6.0-openjdk*`, replace their IcedTea counterparts, `java-1.7.0-icedtea*`.  The Fedora 8 IcedTea packages track the unstable OpenJDK 7 branch, whereas the `java-1.6.0-openjdk*` packages track the stable OpenJDK 6 branch. The decision to have OpenJDK 6 replace IcedTea was made for several reasons:
  
-  * Sun has replaced most of the encumbrances for which IcedTea was providing replacements.
+  * Sun has replaced most of the encumbrances for which IcedTea was providing replacements and for rest of the encumbrances, we have merged replacements from the IcedTea project. 
   * IcedTea's mandate is to merge as much as possible with OpenJDK, so the differences between IcedTea and OpenJDK should diminish over time.
   * OpenJDK 6 is a stable branch, whereas OpenJDK 7 is unstable, and is not expected to ship a stable release until 2009.
   * Sun has licensed the OpenJDK trademark for use in Fedora.