Package: eclipse
Version: 3.2.2-6.1
Severity: minor
The eclipse package and the eclipse-platform package impose zenity (Gnome
environment) as a dependence.
But eclipse uses Java and doesn't need zenity to work.
Zenity is only used in scripts like /usr/bin/eclipse :
[...]
if [ -x /usr/bin/zenity ]; then
DIALOG=/usr/bin/zenity
DIALOGW="$DIALOG --warning"
elif [ -x /usr/bin/kdialog ]; then
DIALOG=/usr/bin/kdialog
DIALOGW="$DIALOG --warningyesno"
elif [ -x /usr/bin/xdialog ]; then
DIALOG=/usr/bin/xdialog
DIALOGW="$DIALOG --warning"
else
DIALOG=echo
DIALOGW="$DIALOG"
fi
[...]
As we can see in this exemple, it isn't the only choice to display dialog boxes.
So if you don't use the Gnome environment, zenity forces you to install many
gnome libraries.
It's very unpleasant.
Please, is it possible to give the choice to install kdialog or xdialog instead
of zenity ?
Thanks in advance.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0.1
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages eclipse depends on:
ii eclipse-jdt 3.2.2-6.1 Java Development Tools plug-ins fo
ii eclipse-pde 3.2.2-6.1 Plug-in Development Environment to
ii eclipse-source 3.2.2-6.1 Eclipse source code plug-ins
ii libc6 2.7-18 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libglib2.0-0 2.16.6-1+lenny1 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.12.12-1~lenny1 The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii zenity 2.22.1-2 Display graphical dialog boxes fro
Versions of packages eclipse recommends:
ii eclipse-gcj 3.2.2-6.1 Native Eclipse run with GCJ
eclipse suggests no packages.
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