On Wed, 09 Oct 2013 23:21:29 +0200 berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: > Le 09.10.2013 23:04, Joe a écrit : > > On Wed, 9 Oct 2013 12:52:43 -0300 > > Ezequiel <ezequielandr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Thanks to all for your replies. I am actually pinning OO in order > >> to use oldstable versions. I guess I will try to compile it an > >> make my own repos. You were very helpfull. > >> > > > > Bear in mind that OOo and LO use Java for various purposes, and > > Java is > > under continuous siege from the bad guys. > > But Java is not a dependency, it is only recommended. Those tools > works fine without java. I would not even have thought half a minute > to install them otherwise, and not because of security breaches in > java ( which will more often be used via internet browsers, not for > something like an office suite ). > >
As I said, I'm not a power user of most of LO, perhaps it isn't used elsewhere, but it's a dependency of Base. Despite this, I had Base installed without Java, but was unable to do much by way of connecting to data without it. I have a vague recollection that originally, OOo was written in Java which years ago was popular for writing cross-platform applications. If so, clearly LO is removing it progressively, and it may disappear from Base at some point. I do know attitude of the US Dept. of Homeland Security towards Java, and its days anywhere may be numbered. -- Joe -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20131010092436.50815...@jretrading.com
