[aur-general] Java SDK/Runtime dependencies

[Ronald van Haren]

On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 11:57 AM, Leslie P. Polzer
<sky at viridian-project.de> wrote:
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> Rorschach has asked me to bring the discussion at
>
>  http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=2033
>
> to this mailing list.
>
> Please help us find a consensus.
>
>
> My answer to his last question is:
>
> ---
> Let them install openjdk6 to provide the j2sdk dependency.
>
> It's not the Arch philosophy to cut on freedom of choice.
>
> By forcing a user to use either a free or proprietary alternative
> of a PROVIDES we ignore the purpose of this clause (i.e.
> providing freedom of choice).
> ---
>
> Moreover I don't really see what's controversial here.
>
> I'm a free software supporter myself, but I don't like
> forcing people to use it.
>
> provides=j2sdk is the way that will hurt no party.
>
>  Thanks,
>
>    Leslie
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let it depend on java-environment. This is both provided by openjdk6
and the sun jdk package.

Ronald