Hi Java-list, I've noticed that free-java-sdk is still only in unstable. The reason stated is, that it it depends on gjdoc, which in turn is in contrib. Now I don't understand, why gjdoc is in contrib, checking it's depends shows only debhelper, libgnujaxp-java, libxalan2-java and sablevm. Ok, here we have libxalan2-java which is in contrib, but _this_ package now only depends on free packages. There are some recommends on contrib packages, but as far as I can see, most of these could either be 'suggested' or also moved to main (like libbsf-java, which only depends on classpath, which is free).
I think there are a lot of packages that could be placed in main, instead of contrib. A quick check for *-java packages and it's dependencies gives the following candidates (which are most likely all libraries): (A lot of them only have circular dependencies within contrib and would need a bump. Others have or-dependencies with kaffe and non-free-stuff -- is this a show-stopper? If so, then please remove the non-free dependencies! <or make them suggests>) Am I completely missing something very important about contrib here? If so, please apologize this... eclipse-javac lib-rxtx-java lib-saxon-java libavalon-excalibur-java libavalon-excalibur-java-doc libavalon-framework-java libavalon-framework-java-doc libbcel-java libbcel-java-doc libbsf-java libcharva1-java libcommons-cli-java libcommons-collections-java libcommons-collections-java-doc libcommons-collections3-java libcommons-collections3-java-doc libcommons-dbcp-java libcommons-discovery-java libcommons-httpclient-java libcommons-httpclient-java-doc libcommons-jexl-java libcommons-jxpath-java libcommons-logging-java libcommons-logging-java-doc libcommons-pool-java libjakarta-poi-java libjdepend-java libjdom-java libjunitperf-java libjunitperf-java-doc libldap-java libldap-java-doc liblog4j-java liblog4j-java-doc liblog4j1.2-java liblog4j1.2-java-doc liblogkit-java liblogkit-java-doc liblucene-java liblucene-java-doc libmx4j-java libmx4j-java-doc libmysql-java libpja-java libpja-java-doc libsaxon-java libsaxon-java-doc libsaxpath-java libservlet2.3-java libsidl0.8.8-java libsoap-java libsoap-java-doc libswt2.1-gtk2-java libswt2.1-motif-java libwerken.xpath-java libxalan-java libxalan-java-doc libxalan2-java libxalan2-java-doc libxerces-java libxsltc-java libxt-java tightvnc-java vnc-java -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

