suggestion: move all java packages to extras

[Michael Wiktowy]

On Sun, 2005-11-27 at 19:17 +0100, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> So "someone in Red Hat makes a decision" is not the problem. Unclear
> criteria, lack of "what is suitable functionality for core" policy etc
> is a problem (you can argue how big a problem it is of course).

In a strictly "functional" sense, all that *needs* to be in Core are:
1) those packages that enable network/Internet access and installation
of more packages
2) those packages that people will likely use on systems that will never
have network/Internet access

Group 1 is fairly defined.
Group 2 is largely subjective as there are so many usage patterns in
that group. Group 2 is largely eliminated by a good infrastructure for
bundling up Extras/third-party repos as CDs that can be used offline.

A consequence of these two rules would be that packages that are only
useful when the target system has Internet access would be more suitably
residing in Extras.

Also, java and friends have a home in Core according to these two
criteria.

/Mike