thank you! Am 15.11.2013 12:28, schrieb Jaroslav Reznik: > = 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)
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