Hi 
Tim has uploaded java version _21 which seems to be the best version for
LibreOffice
http://libreoffice-na.us/English/jre/jre-6u21-windows-i586-s.exe
That is the Windows-only version. The linux version has a name something like
java-1.6.0_21
The _20 that is in some distros repos is fine, not quite as good but good
enough. Likewise the _22 is ok too. The _23 seems to be slow and causes
problems for some people while the _24 and onwards seem to cause a lot of
problems even crashing LibreOffice for some people.
Oracle are developing java which i find interesting. OpenJDK, which is
recommended in the release notes for LibreOffice, seems to cause a few problems
for people and i think it's just not as highly developed, yet. I'm sure it will
get there and the coding is probably a lot more elegant and secure given the
nature of these projects.
I think people will need to have 2 versions of java; one for their web-browser
and one for LibreOffice until the code clean-up has removed any dependence on
java.
I don't know if there is documentation about how to install 2 versions of java,
or if it's easy or if documentation refers to versions of java somewhere. Would
be a good plan to mirror the java that Tim has uploaded to make sure it is still
accessible for LibreOffice users? Anyway, i thought it would be good for people
to know that Tim has kindly uploaded a good version for us all
Regards from
Tom