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[HRJ <1042366@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The policies here are a little vague.

> because you won't answer all the questions why printing and pc/sc
isn't working out of the box, if the recommends are not installed.

But that is true for any recommended dependency in any package.

> "The Depends field should be used if the depended-on package is
required for the depending package to provide a significant amount of
functionality.

This is also vague, especially for a large package like the JRE.

I think it should be a little more objective; if there is a graceful
degradation then the dependencies should go into recommended. If it's
going to hard-crash, then it should be essential.

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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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