There are various non-GUI debugging tools (jps, jstack, jstat, etc) that only come with the -jdk package, yet are very useful for debugging on servers. The compilation tools (javac) are very useful in headless CI environments. It's kind of a shame that we have to pull all these X11, Gnome and other sound-system dependencies on a lot of servers, all for nothing.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of OpenJDK, which is subscribed to openjdk-6 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/257857 Title: openjdk-6-jdk should depend on openjdk-6-jre-headless too Status in openjdk-6 package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Binary package hint: openjdk-6-jdk OpenJDK depends on: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3), libx11-6, openjdk-6-jre (>= 6b11-2ubuntu2), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-1) But it could and should depend on openjdk-6-jre OR openjdk-6-jre-headless. I don't need any of the bloated X references on a headless installation. I would like to see this fixed. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-6/+bug/257857/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openjdk Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openjdk More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
