Re: kotlin package and dependencies

[Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org>]

Federico Kircheis wrote: 
> I'm using the kotlin package since I wanted to use the kotlinc compiler, and
> noticed that it lists following packages as dependencies
> 
>  * ant
>  * libmaven-compiler-plugin-java
>  * libmaven-plugin-tools-java
>  * libmaven3-core-java
> 
> 
> I'm not using ant or maven, so this install (through transitive
> dependencies) over 300 MB of unnecessary data:
> 
> ----
> Summary:
>   Upgrading: 0, Installing: 76, Removing: 0, Not Upgrading: 959
>   Download size: 69.8 MB
>   Space needed: 324 MB
> ----
> 
> 
> If I force the installation without those packages, I get following summary:
> 
> ----
> Summary:
>   Upgrading: 0, Installing: 3, Removing: 0, Not Upgrading: 959
>   Download size: 0 B / 6,380 B
>   Space needed: 27.6 kB
> ----
> 
> 
> Since the kotlin compiler does not depend on libmaven-compiler-plugin-java
> libmaven-plugin-tools-java libmaven3-core-java ant, would it make sense to
> move those dependencies to recommended, or remove them altogether?

You could talk to the Debian Java Maintainers about that -- 
pkg-java-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org
and they probably have opinions.



-dsr-