libitext-java shouldn't recommend libitext-java-gcj

[Alvin Thompson]

this doesn't rise to the high level of a recommends, which basically states that if package 'A' recommends 'B', every conceivable 'normal' setup of 'A' will require 'B'. there are many java runtimes to choose from, most more 'normal' than gcj. since recommends are now treated as dependencies, this forces people to install a slew of packages most people don't need or want. frankly, this package doesn't even rise to the level of a suggests, since libitext-java already depends on java-runtime.

[Alvin Thompson (alvint-deactivatedaccount)]

Can someone bump up the priority on this? Almost all of the other Java libraries have been changed in this manner for Karmic, and this is the only library package left that's preventing Maven from installing properly.

[Alvin Thompson (alvint-deactivatedaccount)]

Anybody home?

[Onkar Shinde (onkarshinde)]

I will discuss this change in Debian Java mailing list. Since Debian has also switched to openjdk as default-jdk if this change gets implemented there we don't have to maintain Ubuntu specific change.
Meanwhile you can use '--no-install-recommends' option for apt-get to install libitext-java without the recommends.

[Numérigraphe (numerigraphe)]

I agree this should be fixed. Has it been discussed upstream?
Lionel.

[Onkar Shinde (onkarshinde)]

This was discussed in Debian Java mailing list and a decision has been made to move -gcj packages from 'Recommends' to 'Suggests'. This has been implemented for some packages already. Remaining packages will be worked in coming months.

[Onkar Shinde (onkarshinde)]

This is fixed in version in Maverick.

libitext-java (2.1.7-2) unstable; urgency=low

  [ Michael Koch ]
  * Removed Gerardo Curiel from Uploaders (Closes: #553081).

  [ Onkar Shinde ]
  * Move -gcj package from 'Recommends' to 'Suggests' as discussed on Debian
    Java mailing list.
  * Update standards version to 3.8.4.
  * Convert direct code changes to patch.
  * Remove simple-patchsys inclusion from rules file.
  * Convert package to source format 3.0.
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