Le Sat 10/12/2005, Stephan Michels disait > On 12/7/05, Erwan David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Package: eclipse > > Severity: normal > > > > sudo apt-get -u install eclipse > > Password: > > Reading package lists... Done > > Building dependency tree... Done > > The following extra packages will be installed: > > dbus-1 dbus-glib-1 eclipse-jdt eclipse-jdt-common eclipse-pde > > eclipse-pde-common eclipse-platform eclipse-platform-common eclipse-rcp > > eclipse-rcp-common eclipse-source gconf2 gconf2-common gnome-keyring > > gnome-mime-data junit libbcel-java libbonobo2-0 libbonobo2-common > > libbonoboui2-0 libbonoboui2-common libcommons-beanutils-java > > libcommons-collections-java libcommons-collections3-java > > libcommons-dbcp-java libcommons-digester-java libcommons-el-java > > libcommons-fileupload-java libcommons-launcher-java > > libcommons-logging-java > > libcommons-modeler-java libcommons-pool-java libfam0c102 libgconf2-4 > > libgnome-keyring0 libgnome2-0 libgnome2-common libgnomecanvas2-0 > > libgnomecanvas2-common libgnomeui-0 libgnomeui-common libgnomevfs2-0 > > libgnomevfs2-common libhal-storage0 libhal0 libjsch-java liblog4j1.2-java > > liblucene-java liblucene-java-doc libmx4j-java liborbit2 libregexp-java > > libscrollkeeper0 libservlet2.4-java libsmbclient libswt3.1-gtk-java > > libswt3.1-gtk-jni libtomcat5-java mozilla-browser scrollkeeper > > shared-mime-info zenity > > > > Which means 195 MB on disk... > > > > eclipse does not need gnome, so there is a dependency problem on this > > side. Same thing with mozilla-browser. > > The gnome libraries are needed for SWT, for example > org.eclipse.swt.program.Program to get informations about the mine > type and > icons etc. for a given file.
False, eclipse and swt work perfectly without gnome. > It seems that the SWT libraries handle the case if the > gnome libs doesn't exist properly. But I don't think it's a good idea > to remove the dependencies. Maybe a solution is to use recommendations > instead. Is it a good idea to impose gnome to those who do not want it ? > And the dependency to mozila-broser is needed for the SWT Browser widget. You > should be able to use firefox instead, but nevertheless a browser is needed. eclipse works without a browser installed. You put restrictions on its use... > > In any case this makes the package uninstallable here (no gnome). > > Sad to hear, but to be honest if you can't spare 195 MB of diskspace > then you won't > have much fun with Eclipse. Its more a matter of policy : you as maintainer put arbitrary restrictions on the use of the software. > I tend to tag the report as WONTFIX, but wait on an opinion from Michael Koch. Do debian policy allow maintainers to include dependencies which are not upstream ? I do not want to use gnome, f I follow you I should stop using debian ? -- Erwan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
