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Message #11329
[Bug 1174884] Re: Openjdk installation pulls in needless GNOME 2 dependencies
Two and a half years later, still no fix...
Canonical needs to gamify package maintenance, and the user community
needs to be able to "fire" package maintainers.
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1174884
Title:
Openjdk installation pulls in needless GNOME 2 dependencies
Status in openjdk-7 package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
Description:
When installing version 7 of openjdk, lots of GNOME 2 dependencies are
pulled in along with it. This clutters up a system with obsolete
libraries.
The problem is not present in openjdk-6.
Version:
Problem present in (at least) 12.04.2 and 13.04.
Expectation:
JRE/JDK installed with necessary libraries.
Actual result:
Old GNOME 2 libraries are installed.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: openjdk-7-jre (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-27.46~precise1-generic 3.5.7.7
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-27-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Apr 30 19:58:38 2013
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: openjdk-7
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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