Federico Kircheis wrote: > I'm using the kotlin package since I wanted to use the kotlinc compiler, and > noticed that it lists following packages as dependencies > > * ant > * libmaven-compiler-plugin-java > * libmaven-plugin-tools-java > * libmaven3-core-java > > > I'm not using ant or maven, so this install (through transitive > dependencies) over 300 MB of unnecessary data: > > ---- > Summary: > Upgrading: 0, Installing: 76, Removing: 0, Not Upgrading: 959 > Download size: 69.8 MB > Space needed: 324 MB > ---- > > > If I force the installation without those packages, I get following summary: > > ---- > Summary: > Upgrading: 0, Installing: 3, Removing: 0, Not Upgrading: 959 > Download size: 0 B / 6,380 B > Space needed: 27.6 kB > ---- > > > Since the kotlin compiler does not depend on libmaven-compiler-plugin-java > libmaven-plugin-tools-java libmaven3-core-java ant, would it make sense to > move those dependencies to recommended, or remove them altogether?
You could talk to the Debian Java Maintainers about that -- pkg-java-maintain...@lists.alioth.debian.org and they probably have opinions. -dsr-
