[Bug 1029284] Re: The Maven package should not depend on artefacts

2015-08-05 Thread Emmanuel Bourg
The maven package pulls the dependencies because it can be run in offline mode with no access to the Maven Central repository (this is a prerequisite to build official Debian/Ubuntu packages from sources). These dependencies should have no impact on the projects built with Maven, they are stored

[Bug 1029284] Re: The Maven package should not depend on artefacts

2015-08-05 Thread Nicolas Janin
Am I reading correctly ? 3 years for this nonsensical response ? So if you pull gcc, you should also automatically pull in each and every C and C++ libraries because they may be needed to build some Ubuntu project ? Please reopen this bug right now. The only thing invalid is Emmanuel Bourg's

[Bug 1029284] Re: The Maven package should not depend on artefacts

2015-08-05 Thread Nicolas Janin
** Changed in: maven (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid = New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1029284 Title: The Maven package should not depend on artefacts To manage notifications

[Bug 1029284] Re: The Maven package should not depend on artefacts

2015-08-05 Thread Emmanuel Bourg
The maven package doesn't install every Java libraries, just the ones required to run Maven (although, the dependency graph could be improved, several libraries like batik are not needed). The Java packages in Debian and Ubuntu are maintained by a small team of volunteers. If you care about the

[Bug 1029284] Re: The Maven package should not depend on artefacts

2015-08-05 Thread Emmanuel Bourg
Inspecting the upstream distribution from Apache reveals that several libraries are required to run Maven. Try this: wget http://archive.apache.org/dist/maven/maven-3/3.3.3/binaries/apache-maven-3.3.3-bin.tar.gz tar -tf apache-maven-3.3.3-bin.tar.gz | grep '\.jar' | sort You'll get:

[Bug 1029284] Re: The Maven package should not depend on artefacts

2015-08-05 Thread Nicolas Janin
Except that these libs amount for less than 10Mb and pulling Maven would pull dozens if not hundreds of Mb of unnecessary libs. Only the needed libs should be pulled and none other. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1029284] Re: The Maven package should not depend on artefacts

2015-08-05 Thread Emmanuel Bourg
I agree that the dependency graph can be optimized and we are working on it. But your initial request was about removing all the libraries and this isn't possible. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1029284] Re: The Maven package should not depend on artefacts

2013-05-18 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: maven (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1029284 Title: The

[Bug 1029284] Re: The Maven package should not depend on artefacts

2013-05-18 Thread Antonio Sánchez
Maybe related to #1181500. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1029284 Title: The Maven package should not depend on artefacts To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 1029284] Re: The Maven package should not depend on artefacts

2012-07-28 Thread Sergey Shnatsel Davidoff
** Project changed: elementaryos = maven (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1029284 Title: The Maven package should not depend on artefacts To manage notifications about this