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Bug#661465: openjdk-7-jre: dependency on obsolete gnome libraries

 

On Tue, 2012-03-20 at 13:28 +0100, Lutz Lehmann wrote:
> Actually, this is the way it has always been, at least since 2006. Both
> in openjdk-7 and, as a subset, in openjdk-6. That's why those classes
> have an init method to dynamically load those libraries and locate the
> respective functions.
Could some of the maintainers comment on this? And why they think strong
depends instead of weak recommends would be required?


> That it comes from ubuntu is no excuse.
Actually it sounds to me more like a reason to do it not ;-)


Cheers,
Chris.

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