Followup-For: Bug #514983 Package: sun-java6-plugin Version: 6-12-1 (Reporting via another machine, so sending the file reportbug created; not sure whether its headers belong in mail's headers or body, sorry for the duplication.)
sun-java6-plugin states that it Depends: on a long list of browsers. While one needs a browser to do anything useful with it, it is entirely possible to use it without any of the browsers in that list - if only because that list shall always be incomplete; but one could also write a stand-alone local applet-player - so it would be better to merely Recommend. In any case, it would be better to replace the list of browsers with a suitable virtual package. I'm guessing that'd ideally be more specific than just www-browser (some of which might lack NSAPI support, which I'm guessing is why you didn't just go with www-browser anyway) but, as long as it's a Recommend, specifying www-browser should suffice (and most browsers do in practice have NSAPI support anyway). Plenty of things that actually need an x-www-browser make do with www-browser as it is, so things useless without www-nsapi-browser can probably survive likewise. Of course, you should chose one browser to specify first, Recommends: ice-weasel | www-browser so that apt tools know which one to use to satisfy the dependency if it's not met some other way; but save yourself the perpetual stream of bug reports about yet another browser not appearing in the list - use www-browser ! -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0 APT prefers oldstable APT policy: (500, 'oldstable'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_GB.ISO-8859-15, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.ISO-8859-15 (charmap=ISO-8859-15) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages sun-java6-plugin depends on: ii iceweasel 3.0.6-1 lightweight web browser based on M ii libasound2 1.0.16-2 ALSA library ii libx11-6 2:1.1.5-2 X11 client-side library ii libxext6 2:1.0.4-1 X11 miscellaneous extension librar ii libxi6 2:1.1.4-1 X11 Input extension library ii libxt6 1:1.0.5-3 X11 toolkit intrinsics library ii libxtst6 2:1.0.3-1 X11 Testing -- Resource extension ii sun-java6-bin 6-12-1 Sun Java(TM) Runtime Environment ( sun-java6-plugin recommends no packages. sun-java6-plugin suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
