Le Fri 16/12/2005, Michael Koch disait > On Wed, Dec 14, 2005 at 09:32:11AM +0100, Erwan David wrote: > > Le Wed 14/12/2005, Michael Koch disait > > > > > I would like that you check the facts before writing such words. > > > > > > You are free not to use the Eclipse packaged by Debian but e.g. the Help > > > system which is a vital system for some users will not work. Other > > > thinks don't work either. Upstream Eclipse 3.1.1 don't works with free > > > java runtimes at all because of broken memory management in JDT. > > > > It works perfectly without mozilla. It needs a browser but that's why > > every browser package has a Provides: www-browser, so the dependency > > should be on www-browser, not mozilla-browser. > > Not all packages providing www-browser export the needed shared library > for the embedded browser in Eclipse, which is the default and preferred > way in Eclipse upstream as Billy wrote. > > > And that doies not explain th gnome dependency, which is heavier, and > > tottaly inadequate and, I repeat DANGEROUS. > > Eclipse doesn't depend on gnome, just on some libraries gnome provides. > Many applications do this. That is neither heavy nor totally inadequate. > Our goal is to make Eclipse ready-to-use after a simple
> 'apt-get install eclipse' No eclipse (the software) depends on *gtk* libs. Even eclipse.org does not cite gnome as a requirements. *YOU* impose gnome. > To make this happen we have to depend on some stuff that may not be > needed but is needed in the default configuration of Eclipse. When you > don't need this features, don't use them. > > It is definitely NOT DANGEROUS. Data loss would be DANGEROUS. Gnome IS a danger becaƩuse its goal is to impose a tatlly inadequate way of using a computer to people who do not want it. Gnome is contrary to the freedom of the user. -- Erwan David _______________________________________________ pkg-java-maintainers mailing list pkg-java-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-java-maintainers