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[ben thielsen <btb@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

it's really not so much a question of if it hurts, or how much disk
space is needed.  it's simply unnecessary.  why not just mark the
packages as recommended - especially since for some time now recommended
packages are being installed by default.  that way, under default
circumstances the packages will still be there, yet people who prefer
otherwise can be accommodated as well.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1042366

Title:
  openjdk-7-jre-headless depends on undesirable packages

Status in “openjdk-7” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  hi-

  i see that both libcups2 and libpcsclite1 are marked as dependencies.
  i'm using openjdk-7-jre-headless on a computer that is not involved in
  any way with printing or cups, nor with pc/sc or any smart card
  services, and would not to not be forced to install these packages.

  thanks
  -ben

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