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paul cannon commented on CASSANDRA-4498:
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bq. We could even resurrect one of the more specific java package builders that
were popular before Sun grew a pair, and Oracle cut them off.
Wouldn't that expose the project to the same legal problems?
bq. Finally, if integration with Linux distributions is important, we should be
focusing our efforts on OpenJDK, since the Oracle version is always going to be
a pain. I realize that may not be the easiest path, but that's often the case
for the right/correct one.
Definitely moving toward full OpenJDK 7 support is the right thing to do, but
it's probably somewhat long-term and out of scope for this ticket. Spending
effort on OpenJDK 6 seems like kind of a waste.
> Remove openjdk-6-jre Cassandra APT dependencies
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> Key: CASSANDRA-4498
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-4498
> Project: Cassandra
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Reporter: Terrance Shepherd
> Assignee: paul cannon
> Priority: Minor
> Labels: debian
> Fix For: 1.1.4, 1.2
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> Attachments: apache_cassandra_Packages.diff
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> As it is well known the recommended jre for Cassandra is sun java 1.6 but at
> this point that package no longer in the debian or ubuntu apt repos. In order
> to run Cassandra with the sun java 1.6 jre it must be installed manually with
> out the repos. Because of this when you install cassandra via the apache or
> datastax apt repos it must also install openjdk-6-jre even though sun java
> 1.6 jre is already installed.
> I would suggest that the java apt dependencies be removed from the Depends
> field in package configuration and move to either the Recommends or Suggests
> field so that way openjdk is not being downloaded when not necessary and
> possibly interfering with a be pre-installed jre
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