brian m. carlson wrote: > 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 > Hi Brian We are working on updating the policy to better fit the current times. If you look at packages such libgnujmi-java [1], we are already "extending" the interpretation of this particularly cause to allow the headless versions. If you are interested, you can see a draft of the coming policy here[2]. Though there will be changes in that draft based on this feedback [3]. ~Niels [1] http://packages.debian.org/sid/libgnujmi-java [2] http://www.student.dtu.dk/~s072425/debian/policy/ [3] http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org/msg698708.html
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