Bug#728375: libjetty8-java-doc: Questionable dependencies

2014-10-09 Thread Mauro Molinari
Il 06/10/2014 12:09, Emmanuel Bourg ha scritto: libjetty8-java-doc already recommends default-jdk-doc, maybe you meant suggested instead? I may have used the wrong terms here, sorry. What I find questionable is that, as I said in my original report, if I try to install libjetty8-java-doc,

Bug#728375: libjetty8-java-doc: Questionable dependencies

2014-10-09 Thread Jan Henke
Am 09.10.2014 um 09:27 schrieb Mauro Molinari: Il 06/10/2014 12:09, Emmanuel Bourg ha scritto: libjetty8-java-doc already recommends default-jdk-doc, maybe you meant suggested instead? I may have used the wrong terms here, sorry. What I find questionable is that, as I said in my original

Bug#728375: libjetty8-java-doc: Questionable dependencies

2014-10-09 Thread Mauro Molinari
Il 09/10/2014 09:47, Jan Henke ha scritto: Hi, I do think it is reasonable to assume that installing an optional documentation package of one component normally also installs the documentation for other related packages. Especially it does seem to be logical to have default-jdk-doc installed

Bug#728375: libjetty8-java-doc: Questionable dependencies

2014-10-09 Thread Jan Henke
Am 09.10.2014 um 10:06 schrieb Mauro Molinari: Il 09/10/2014 09:47, Jan Henke ha scritto: Hi, I do think it is reasonable to assume that installing an optional documentation package of one component normally also installs the documentation for other related packages. Especially it does seem to

Bug#728375: libjetty8-java-doc: Questionable dependencies

2014-10-06 Thread Emmanuel Bourg
Le 31/10/2013 14:47, Mauro Molinari a écrit : I see, but couldn't these dependencies just be recommended? libjetty8-java-doc already recommends default-jdk-doc, maybe you meant suggested instead? Anyway, I'm not so presumptuous to suggest to change a convention used for all the Debian

Bug#728375: libjetty8-java-doc: Questionable dependencies

2013-10-31 Thread Mauro Molinari
Package: libjetty8-java-doc Version: 8.1.3-4 Severity: important Dear Maintainer, if I try to do the following on my system: aptitude install libjetty8-java-doc the system says (I'm translating from Italian): The following NEW packages will be installed: default-jdk-doc{a} libgnuinet-java{a}

Bug#728375: libjetty8-java-doc: Questionable dependencies

2013-10-31 Thread Emmanuel Bourg
Hi Mauro, The JDK documentation alone uses about 240 MB. Almost all Java documentation packages depend on this, but you have to pay the price only once. The dependency is necessary to have nice links between the Javadoc of the package specific classes and the Javadoc of the core Java classes.

Bug#728375: libjetty8-java-doc: Questionable dependencies

2013-10-31 Thread Mauro Molinari
Il 31/10/2013 14:07, Emmanuel Bourg ha scritto: The JDK documentation alone uses about 240 MB. Almost all Java documentation packages depend on this, but you have to pay the price only once. The dependency is necessary to have nice links between the Javadoc of the package specific classes and