On 2014-04-20 12:54, arch-general-request@archlinux.org wrote:

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Message: 2 Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2014 20:32:34 +0200 From: Jelle van der Waa <jelle@vdwaa.nl>

Why are you using a custom java and not for example aur/jre or the openjdk packages in the normal repo.

There is no special reason. IBM Java has been used for many years previously. Some people claim better performance in the past.