[Mageia-dev] Actual java stack is absurd !

[D.Morgan]

On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 3:38 PM, Anssi Hannula <anssi at mageia.org> wrote:
> 03.05.2012 11:28, Claire REVILLET kirjoitti:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Looking at this bug : https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5732
>> i tried to install Scilab under cauldron 64 : it needs 367 packages !!!
>>
>> Scilab does not need apache nor sql. And more than that : it does not
>> need sending or receiving emails, so why should javamail be installed ?
>>
>> I know that packaging java is special, but working like that brings just
>> more conflict issues. And that also means that on a small computer,  we
>> can't have any java software.
>>
>> I know it's too late for mga2, but can't we thing about that before mg3
>> release, please ?
>

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