On Sun, 22 Feb 2009 07:30:41 +1000 Adrian Levi <adrian.l...@gmail.com> wrote:
... > But you can use Openoffice.org without java but for Base, even then > IIRC it's only used for some of the functionality > > I found a feally good link [1] that describes exactly what Java > provides in the different components of openoffice.org Thanks for that; I used that info, and repeated invocations of 'aptitude why some-java-package' to remove a bunch of java packages from my system. I was actually surprised by the fact that I apparently had a bunch of java stuff marked as manually installed. I run aptitude without automatic installation of recommends, and I have no idea when I would have marked stuff like 'libxom-java' or 'bsh' (BeanShell) as manually installed, since I'm not a java dev. ... > If you have issues with Java 'tainting' your system then power to you, > but both Staroffice and Java were invented by Sun Microsystems then > released to the community freely. Open JDK is a completely free > implementation of Java that satisfies the DSFG. > I really don't see what your grumble is. I have nothing against it, since it's FLOSS, but I'd rather not have a bunch of stuff on my system for functionality that I don't use. And with the greatness that's Debian, if I ever *do* need it, it's only a quick and easy 'aptitude install' away. Celejar -- mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
