Re: Another questionable dependency chain -- libreoffice-writer installs log4j-chainsaw

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Mikolaj Izdebski wrote:

> 2) RPM doesn't differentiate between dependency scopes.  Some
> dependencies may be required only in some contexts, for example only for
> testing, or only when using that package to compile other packages.  In
> the latter case one would normally put these dependencies in -devel
> packages, but these are forbidden by packaging guidelines for Java.

Not exactly forbidden, but there is an interesting tidbit at
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Java#-devel_packages

"-devel packages don't really make sense for Java packages. Header files do 
not exist for Java packages."

-devel packages can exist for many reasons besides simply providing headers, 
imho.

-- Rex

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