= Proposed System Wide Change: Headless Java = https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/HeadlessJava Change owner(s): Stanislav Ochotnicky <sochotnicky@xxxxxxxxxx> Server installations of Fedora should usually not pull in packages related to X system or sound subsystem. For this reason part of OpenJDK package has been split into headless subpackage which has smaller dependency chain. Fedora packages should be migrated to require java-headlesss instead of full java package when appropriate. == Detailed description == OpenJDK package in Fedora has been traditionally monolithic, pulling in a lot of dependencies including (but not limited to) * libXrender * libXi * libXtst * pulseaudio This is obviously not optimal for minimal server installations where OpenJDK is used for web application development and deployment. Designed after Debian packaging, Fedora OpenJDK package has been split into packages providing java and java-headless. This makes it possible for packages to use "Requires: java-headless". For most libraries and generic packages this is sufficient. End-user applications should keep "Requires: java" to pull in full OpenJDK package. This change aims to convert most Java packages to have "Requires: java- headless" when appropriate. BuildRequires on java-devel are unaffected. == Scope == Proposal owners: * Modify javapackages-tools package to automatically generate "java-headless" autorequires (simple change) * Identify and file bugs for affected packages (repoquery and bugzilla bug creation) * (optional) Mass-change spec files that have "Requires: java" to "Requires: java-headless" Other developers: * Modify spec files to have "Requires: java-headless" instead of "Requires: java" * (note) JavaSIG has several proven packages that could assist with this change Release engineering: * mass rebuild is not necessary but it would simplify things Policies and guidelines: * Packaging:Java needs to be modified to account for java-headless package existence (Note: there is already a packaging draft that aims to do that among other changes) _______________________________________________ devel-announce mailing list devel-announce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel-announce -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
