Package: java-common Version: 0.33 Severity: normal The Debian Java Policy, which is present in this package, states (§2.3): Programs must depend on java-virtual-machine and the needed runtime environment (java1-runtime and/or java2-runtime). (Similar text is present in §2.1 and §2.2.) This is problematic, because this pulls in a huge number of dependencies that are unneeded for packages that run headless. For openjdk-6, which is the default runtime on amd64, this involves the installation of the entirety of GTK and its associated libraries, which are not needed on machines that have neither a monitor nor an X server, such as servers. Please fix the policy so that it does not mandate the installation of a full JRE when a headless JRE would suffice. This is priority normal because it requires every Java program or library to depend on lots of code that has no place on a server. -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.31-trunk-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash java-common depends on no packages. java-common recommends no packages. Versions of packages java-common suggests: ii default-jre 1.6-33 Standard Java or Java compatible R ii equivs 2.0.7-0.1 Circumvent Debian package dependen -- no debconf information -- brian m. carlson / brian with sandals: Houston, Texas, US +1 713 440 7475 | http://crustytoothpaste.ath.cx/~bmc | My opinion only OpenPGP: RSA v4 4096b 88AC E9B2 9196 305B A994 7552 F1BA 225C 0223 B187
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