On 08/29/2011 12:05 PM, Andrew Bayer wrote: > So Roman opened https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BIGTOP-29, but we > should probably have a discussion about this before we go ahead. Due to the > special sort of hell that is Java packages on Linux, having an actual > dependency (either build-time or install-time) on Java can be a giant pain. > I'm running into this right now trying to get the Jenkins build working on a > CentOS 6 box. Roman's proposing we just assume that a viable JDK/JRE is > already installed and in the path. That's not perfect packaging, sure, but > it's a hell of a lot simpler for us. What are people's thoughts? > > A. >
As long as it makes my life easier with openJDK, I am fine. It may also be a good idea to remove that dependency given all the uncertainty around it: http://sylvestre.ledru.info/blog/sylvestre/2011/08/26/sun_java6_packages_removed_from_debian_u
